Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott Explained

Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott
Birth Name:Madeleine Lemoyne
Birth Date:November 14, 1856
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Death Date:1945
Nationality:American
Occupation:Suffragette

Madeleine Lemoyne, Mrs. Charles E. Ellicott (November 14, 1856 – 1945) was an American suffragist. She was the founder of the League of Women Voters of Maryland, serving as its president for 20 years, longer than anyone else.

Life

Born in Chicago, Ellicott studied chemistry at Rush Medical College, and then continued her studies at the Polytechnic in Zürich, Switzerland. In conjunction with the annual National League of Women Voters meeting planned for Baltimore in 1922, she was one of the organizers of the Pan-American Conference of Women.[1]

She married Charles Ellis Ellicott in 1890. They had three sons, Charles Ellis Ellicott, Jr. (born 1892), Valcoulon Lemoyne Ellicott (born 1893), and John Roman Ellicott (born 1896).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pan American Union. Bulletin of the Pan American Union. 54. Public domain. 1922. The Union. xx, 37, 252, 351–.
  2. Web site: Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott. Maryland State Archives. March 22, 2015.