1866 - 1948 (82 years)
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Name |
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge |
Born |
1 Apr 1866 |
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [1, 2] |
Gender |
Female |
Residence |
1880 |
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [1] |
Burial |
1948 |
Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [2] |
Buried |
1948 |
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [2] |
Died |
30 Jul 1948 |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [2] |
Person ID |
I1221 |
mytree |
Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
Father |
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, b. 28 Aug 1837, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA , d. 18 Nov 1904, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Issa Desha, b. 18 Apr 1844, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, USA , d. 14 Jul 1892 (Age 48 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Family ID |
F453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 1 Apr 1866 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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| Residence - 1880 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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| Burial - 1948 - Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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| Buried - 1948 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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| Died - 30 Jul 1948 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
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Notes |
- Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge Graduated from Wellesley College in 1888 and taught high school math in Washington, D.C. She studied law at the University of Kentucky and in 1894 became the first woman admitted to the Kentucky Bar Association. She moved to Chicago, Illinois and became the first woman awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1901 and later become Dean of the School of Social Administration. In 1907 she moved into the famed Hull House and became associated with the Woman's Trade Union League, organizing garment worker's strikes in 1911 and 1915. She was elected president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association in 1911, and founded the Immigrant's Protective League in 1920. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt named her the first woman delegate to the Pan-American Conference in Montevideo, and in 1934, she was elected president of the American Association of Schools of Social Work. Her publications include: “The Delinquent Child and the Home” (1912), “Truancy and Non-Attendance in the Chicago Schools” (1917), “New Homes for Old” (1921), “Family Welfare Work in a Metropolitan Community” (1924), “Public Welfare Administration” (1927), “Women in the Twentieth Century” (1933), and “The Family and the State” (1934).
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Sources |
- [S193] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: 413; Family History Film: 1254413; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 066; Image: 0115.
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Issa D.
Ella
Sophonisba
Desha
Robert
M. Curry
Mary C. Desha
Mary Desha
- [S57] Find A Grave.
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