Ellen Martin Henrotin

Ellen Martin Henrotin (6 July 1847 - 29 June 1922) was a wealthy American society matron, labor reform activist, club leader and social reformer affiliated with social welfare and suffrage movements.[1][2][3]

Ellen Martin Henrotin
Born	Ellen Martin July 6, 1847 Portland, Maine
Died	June 29, 1922 (aged 74) Cherry Plain, New York
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Charles Henrotin ​ (m. 1869)​

Early years and education

Henrotin was born on 6 July 1847 in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Edward Byam and Sarah Ellen Martin, and the second of six children.[4] During her youth, she lived in England, and attended schools in London, Paris, and Dresden, 1860–68.[5] Returning to the US in 1868,[6] she married Charles Henrotin, one of the founders of the Chicago Stock Exchange, on September 2, 1869 in Chicago. Their children were Edward Clement (born 1871), Charles Martin (born 1876), and Morris Bates (born 1885).[5]

Career

She served as Vice President of the Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; President of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1894-98; President of Fortnightly Club of Chicago; as well as Trustee, University of Illinois, 1912–17. She was decorated by the Sultan of Turkey with the Order of the Chefakat, 1893; made an Officier de l'Académie by the French Republic, 1899; and decorated by Leopold II of Belgium with the Chevalier de l'Ordre de Léopold, 1904. She was a member of the Friday Club; Chicago Woman's Club; and Woman's City Club.[7]

Henrotin lived at 1215 Madison Avenue, in New York City.[5] She died on 29 June 1922 in Cherry Plain, New York.[8]

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign's The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois (1918)

1. "Henrotin, Ellen M. (Ellen Martin), 1847-1922. Papers of Ellen Martin Henrotin, 1865-1921: A Finding Aid". Harvard University Library. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. Gordon 2013, p. 232.
3. Kelley, Sklar & Palmer 2009, p. 90.
4. O'Sullivan & Gallick 1975, p. 56.
5. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 1918, p. 976.
6. Clapp 2010, p. 24.
7. The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, page 976. University of Illinois, 1918
8. "Henrotin, Ellen Martin (1847–1922)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages, Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

Bibliography

• Clapp, Elizabeth Jane (1 November 2010). Mothers of All Children: Women Reformers and the Rise of Juvenile Courts in Progressive Era America. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-04385-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Gordon, Ann D. (10 January 2013). The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: An Awful Hush, 1895 to 1906. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-5345-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Kelley, Florence; Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Palmer, Beverly Wilson (2009). The Selected Letters of Florence Kelley, 1869-1931. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03404-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• O'Sullivan, Judith; Gallick, Rosemary (1975). Workers and allies: female participation in the American Trade Union Movement, 1824-1976 : exhibition organized by Judith O'Sullivan : catalog. Published for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service by the Smithsonian Institution Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign (1918). The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois (Public domain ed.). University of Illinois.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)