Katherine Reed Balentine
Katherine Reed Balentine (1878 – September 17, 1934) was an American suffragist and the founder of The Yellow Ribbon suffrage magazine.[1]
Suffrage work[]
This magazine was a statewide newspaper which promoted women's suffrage.[2] Reed was a leading figure in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA); in 1907, she was part of a NAWSA delegation which met with President Theodore Roosevelt. She led the Maine branch of NAWSA from 1916 – 1917.[3] In 1917 she was quoted as saying, "there is nothing radical about equal suffrage."[4]
The Yellow Ribbon[]
Katherine Reed Balentine founded magazine, a suffrage publication that was produced monthly.[2][5] The Yellow Ribbon magazine was later known as Western Woman.[6]
Personal life[]
Katherine Reed was born in 1878 in Portland, Maine to Susan P. Reed and Thomas Brackett Reed. Her father, Thomas, was in his first term as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st congressional district. He eventually became Speaker of the House and one of the most powerful men in the federal government.
Reed married Colonel Arthur Balentine in 1905.[4] He served on the staff of U.S. military commander John J. Pershing. After their marriage the couple moved to San Francisco.
References[]
- ^ "WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ACTIVIST HAD ROOTS IN ALPINE'S HISTORY" (PDF). Alpinehistory.org.
- ^ a b "The Yellow Ribbon (San Francisco, Calif.) 1906-19??". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ^ "Biographical Sketch of Katherine Reed Balentine | Alexander Street Documents". documents.alexanderstreet.com.
- ^ a b "Maine Suffrage Who's Who" (PDF).
- ^ Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Gage, Matilda Joslyn; Harper, Ida Husted; Harper, Ida Husted (1887–1902). History of woman suffrage;. Robarts - University of Toronto. Rochester, Anthony.
- ^ Western Woman. Western Woman Pub. 1907.
 | This article about an American writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1878 births
- 1934 deaths
- American suffragists
- American women's rights activists
- 20th-century American newspaper founders
- Activists from San Francisco
- Activists from Portland, Maine
- Writers from San Francisco
- Writers from Portland, Maine
- 20th-century American women
- American writer stubs
- California suffrage