Katherine Hancock Goode Explained

Katherine Hancock Goode (1872–1928) was a teacher, teacher educator, administrator, and state legislator in Illinois.[1] John Paul Goode (1852–1932), a professor of Geography at the University of Chicago, was her husband.[2] The Minnesota Historical Society has a photo of her and her husband.[3]

She was born in Kellogg, Minnesota.[1] She and Flora Sylvester Cheney were politically active. A park bench commemorates them.[4] [5] Cheney campaigned for Charles E. Merriam.[6]

Goode campaigned for civil rights including voting rights for women. She also advocated for an eight-hour workday, women on juries, and better conditions for incarcerated women.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Illinois Blue Book. Illinois Office of Secretary of. State. July 25, 1925. Secretary of State. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Goode, Katherine Hancock: Photographic Archive: The University of Chicago. photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu.
  3. Web site: John Paul Goode with his wife Katherine Hancock Goode and their son Kenneth. : Collections Online : mnhs.org. collections.mnhs.org.
  4. Web site: Hyde Park Stories: The Cheney-Goode Memorial Bench. Patricia L.. Morse. Hyde Park Herald.
  5. Web site: Chicago Public Art: Cheney-Goode Memorial.
  6. Web site: Mrs. Katherine H. Goode standing on a train platform and holding a piece of luggage. Left, DN-0067721; Right, DN-0078251, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History. Museum. Hyde Park Herald.

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