Mabel H. Churchill
Mabel Harlakenden Hall Churchill (September 5, 1873 - May 27, 1945) was an American socialite and suffragist.
Biography
Mabel Harlakenden Hall was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to George and Lucretia Hall on September 5, 1873.[1][2] She was part of a wealthy St. Louis family, and both her mother and grandmother were involved with the women's suffrage movement.[2] She attended Mary Institute in St. Louis.[1] Churchill served as treasurer for the Cornish Equal Suffrage League, formed in 1911.[3] She took part in a suffrage automobile tour in New Jersey, along with Antoinette Funk in 1915.[4] Churchill also worked as the treasurer for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).[4] In 1915, she was one of three final candidates for president of NAWSA.[5]
Personal life
On October 22, 1895, Mabel Harlakenden Hall married the author Winston Churchill.[6] Her fortune allowed her husband the ability to pursue his career as a novelist full time.[7] In 1899, the couple moved to a large, 30-plus room colonial home in Cornish, which they named "Harlakenden Hall" after Mabel.[8][2] In May 1913 and June 1915, President Woodrow Wilson used Harlakenden Hall as a vacation home.[9][10] In 1923, the house burned and the family moved to Plainfield, New Hampshire.[11][2]
Churchill died in Plainfield on May 27, 1945.[12][13] She was the model for Cleopatra in Maxfield Parrish's 1917 painting, Cleopatra.[14]
References
- ^ a b Metcalf & Abbott 1919, p. 283.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Janice (2019-06-28). "New Hampshire Suffragist, Lecturer, Clubwoman: Mabel Harlakenden (Hall) Churchill of Cornish and Plainfield (1873-1945)". Cow Hampshire. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ Colby, Virginia (1986-12-12). "Women's Suffrage". The Windsor Chronicle. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-08-04 – via Newspapers.com. and "Suffrage". The Windsor Chronicle. 1986-12-12. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Churchill to Aid Jersey Sisters". The Times. 1915-08-09. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Suffragists Seek Elections as Successor to Dr. Shaw". Santa Cruz Evening News. 1915-12-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Metcalf & Abbott 1919, p. 207.
- ^ "'Whom Did He Marry?'". The Buffalo News. 1922-04-25. p. 18. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Writer Churchill Dies in Florida of Heart Attack". The Times-Herald. 1947-03-13. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lurie, Charles N. (1913-05-24). "Uncle Sam's Headquarters in Hot Weather". The Lexington Herald. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harlakenden Now Open". Vermont Journal. 1915-06-25. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harlakenden House Burned". Vermont Journal. 1923-10-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. Winston Churchill". Hartford Courant. 1945-05-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. Winston Churchill, Wife of Writer, Dies at Plainfield Home". Vermont Journal. 1945-05-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MAXFIELD PARRISH | CLEOPATRA | American Art | American Paintings". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
Sources
- Metcalf, Henry Harrison; Abbott, Frances M. (1919). One Thousand New Hampshire Notables: Brief Biographical Sketches of New Hampshire Men And Women, Native Or Resident, Prominent In Public, Professional, Business, Educational, Fraternal Or Benevolent Work. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Printing Company – via HathiTrust.