Elizabeth Selden Rogers
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Elizabeth Selden White Rogers (July 23, 1868 – December 18, 1950) was a civic reformer working to improve the New York public schools, and to win suffrage for women in the state of New York and the nation.
. Her sister was Mabel Wellington White, wife of US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
, she was also the maternal granddaughter of Union Major General Amos Beebe Eaton
. She married John Rogers, Sr. (1865-1939) in 1895, he was later the at Cornell Medical School. Together, they had a daughter Elizabeth Selden Rogers who married Francis H. Horan.
She was chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Woman's Party
, and was one of the most forceful speakers in the "Prison Special" bus tour across the country; during which suffragists spoke of their experience in jail. Rogers was arrested on July 14, 1917 for picketing in front of the United States White House
, and was sentenced to sixty days in Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia
; but she was quickly pardoned by US President Woodrow Wilson
after just three days.
Elizabeth Selden Rogers, editorial entitled "Why We Withdrew," in Women's Political World, 1915
She died on December 18, 1950 in New York City
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Biography
She was born on July 23, 1868, most likely in New Haven, ConnecticutNew Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
. Her sister was Mabel Wellington White, wife of US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Henry L. Stimson
Henry Lewis Stimson was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican Party politician and spokesman on foreign policy. He twice served as Secretary of War 1911–1913 under Republican William Howard Taft and 1940–1945, under Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the latter role he was a leading hawk...
, she was also the maternal granddaughter of Union Major General Amos Beebe Eaton
Amos Beebe Eaton
Amos Beebe Eaton was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a general for the Union during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
. She married John Rogers, Sr. (1865-1939) in 1895, he was later the at Cornell Medical School. Together, they had a daughter Elizabeth Selden Rogers who married Francis H. Horan.
She was chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Woman's Party
National Woman's Party
The National Woman's Party , was a women's organization founded by Alice Paul in 1915 that fought for women's rights during the early 20th century in the United States, particularly for the right to vote on the same terms as men...
, and was one of the most forceful speakers in the "Prison Special" bus tour across the country; during which suffragists spoke of their experience in jail. Rogers was arrested on July 14, 1917 for picketing in front of the United States White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, and was sentenced to sixty days in Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
; but she was quickly pardoned by US President Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
after just three days.
Elizabeth Selden Rogers, editorial entitled "Why We Withdrew," in Women's Political World, 1915
A great deal is said of the value of co-operation of all societies and the economy of not duplicating work. While believing heartily in a certain amount and kind of co-operation, we are not blind to the fact that too complete unity may result. in stagnation ... The [Women's Political) Union believes that the existence of many suffrage societies is an evidence of the vitality of the movement, and that the friendly rivalry of such societies results in more and better work being done, that it gives the freedom necessary to growth, affording scope for individuality, and allowing personality to count. ... To those of our members who are worrying over this co-operate (sic) idea, we would point out that if in the past four or five years the Women's Political Union in New York City had been bound by a two-thirds vote of a campaign committee, like the one now formed, we would never have had a parade, or an outdoor meeting, or a campaign against certain enemies in the Legislature.
She died on December 18, 1950 in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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