Mary Nettie Chase
Mary Nettie Chase (December 28, 1863 or January 19, 1864 - December 30, 1959) was an American educator, suffragist and peace activist.
There are two accounts of Chase's birth. She was either born on December 28, 1863,[1][2] or January 19, 1864, in Madison, New Hampshire.[3][4] Chase's father, Uriah Chase, worked as a Baptist minister.[5] She married Roscoe G. Watson in June of 1890 and was separated from him by 1900.[5]
Chase graduated from Bates College in 1885 with a Master of Arts.[5] Between the years 1887 to 1890 and 1892 to 1895, Chase worked as a teacher at Green Mountain Seminary in Waterbury Center, Vermont.[1]
Chase was a successful suffrage organizer in Vermont and was praised by the Woman's Journal in 1901 for her recruitment efforts.[6] Chase spoke at the 1902 Vermont women's suffrage convention held in West Concord on June 18 and 19.[7] She was a member of the Vermont Woman Suffrage Association (VWSA) and worked as a lecturer for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).[1] From 1901 to 1912, she served as the president of the New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association (NHWSA).[1][8]
Chase was working as the secretary for the peace organization, the Society for the Promotion of International Amity, in 1917.[5] Chase worked as a peace activist throughout World War I.[9] Part of her work included promoting Spanish language classes in New Hampshire.[5]
Chase died in Boston on December 30, 1959.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d Bates College Lewiston, Me (1915). General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, 1863-1915. University of Michigan. Lewiston, Maine: Journal Printshop. p. 72.
- ^ Eastman, John R. (John Robie); Emery, George Edwin (1910). History of the town of Andover New Hampshire, 1751-1906. University of New Hampshire Library. Concord, N.H. Printed by the Rumford Printing Company. p. 69.
- ^ Stearns, Ezra S.; Parker, Edward E.; Whitcher, William F.; Lewis Publishing Company; Lewis publishing company, Chicago (1908). Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: A record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. New York, Chicago: The Lewis publishing company. p. 1588 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Gent, Malcolm. "Biographical Sketch of Mary N. Chase". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890–1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ a b c d e Brown, Janice (2019-05-22). "New Hampshire Suffragist, National & Local Civic Leader, Peace Proponent, Lecturer, Teacher: Mary Nettie Chase of Andover (1863-1959)". Cow Hampshire. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ Dubrulle 2020, p. 43.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 651.
- ^ NHWSA 1907, p. 8.
- ^ "Mary N. Chase". William G. Pomeroy Foundation. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ^ Hackman, Kent (2024-12-11). "Search for Chase". Concord Monitor. pp. A7. Retrieved 2025-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
Sources
- Dubrulle, Elizabeth (September 2020). "'Nowise Daunted by Defeat': Mary Chase and New Hampshire's State Constitution". Historical New Hampshire. 73 (2): 42–56 – via EBSCO.
- Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
- NHWSA (1907). A Brief History of the New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Company – via Internet Archive.