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This captivating portrait of Katherine Duer Mackay (1878-1930) was presumably completed during one of Ambrose McEvoy's trips to America. His famed depictions of human character and beauty, particularly of women, became sought after and he maintained an illustrious list of clients spread between the United Kingdom and America, where he was represented for a period by the most celebrated ...
Katherine Duer Mackay was born in New York City in 1880. She came from a high society family and met Clarence on a steamship from New York to England in 1897. Katherine fought for women’s rights and became the first woman on the Roslyn School Board in 1905. In 1906 she built and dedicated the Trinity Episcopal Church to her parents.
Katherine Duer Mackay, beautiful, vivacious, determined and opinionated, was the wife of Clarence Mackay, future mother-in-law of Irving Berlin and daughter-in-law of John Mackay, "the Silver King." On Christmas Day, 1905, she announced her decision to build Trinity's Parish House as a memorial to her father, William Alexander Duer.
Katherine Mackay was massively wealthy. Her lavish Long Island mansion, Harbor Hill, was designed by Stanford White and situated on 648 acres in Roslyn. She devoted time and money to the local community, renovating the public library and serving for five years on the Roslyn school board, in 1905 the first woman ever elected.
Notes. - Katherine Mackay, President of the Equal Franchise Society and leading New York City socialite, believes equal suffrage will bring improvement in conditions for working women and welfare of children; photomechanical print. - Geneva Times representative (most likely Anne Fitzhugh Miller) interviews Ida Husted Harper at New York City ...
Katherine Duer Mackay Hawkins Birth 5 Feb 1900. Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA Death 24 Oct 1971 (aged 71) Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA Burial.
Katherine Duer Mackay (Q23614835) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. American suffragist and socialite. Katherine Duer; Katherine Duer Blake; Katherine ...
