Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Elizabeth Thacher
1868 - 1952 (83 years)-
Name Elizabeth Thacher Birth 22 Sep 1868 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut 
[1] Gender Female Death 14 Aug 1952 Marin, California Person ID I13585 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 2 Jun 2018
Father Thomas Anthony Thacher, b. 11 Jan 1815, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 7 Apr 1886, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 71 years) Mother Elizabeth Baldwin Sherman, b. 27 Oct 1823, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut d. 10 Mar 1917, Nordhoff, California (Age 93 years) Marriage 1 Aug 1860 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut [1] Family ID F8513 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rep. William Kent, b. 29 Mar 1864, Chicago, Cook, Illinois d. 13 Mar 1928, Kentfield, Marin, California (Age 63 years) Marriage 26 Feb 1890 Nordhoff, California [1] Children + 1. Elizabeth Sherman Thatcher Kent, b. 8 Jan 1894, Chicago, Cook, Illinois d. 12 Jan 1952, Marin, California (Age 58 years)Family ID F8511 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Jun 2018
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Notes - From www.ywcasf-marin.org/marin-womens-hall-fame/honorees/elizabeth-thacher-kent:
Elizabeth Thacher Kent, a matriarch in the founding family of Kentfield, is one of the few Marin County women to be elected posthumously to the Marin Women's Hall of Fame. Kent was a distinguished proponent of women's rights and international peace and was instrumental in securing women's right to vote.
Kent took up permanent residence in Marin in 1907 and immediately became a vocal activist in support of women's' suffrage. When her husband, William, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Kent leveraged her position as a Congressman's wife to support the national suffrage movement. She was a featured speaker at the 1913 and 1914 conventions of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and shortly thereafter assumed leadership of their Congressional Committee. By 1915, she helped form the Congressional Union (later re-named the Women's Party), which picketed the White House in support of suffrage. Kent was arrested twice for her suffrage demonstrating. However, her cause prevailed and in August 1920 the Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed guaranteeing American women the right to vote.
In addition to supporting suffrage, Elizabeth Kent was committed to the cause of world peace. In the 1930's, she provided leadership to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She and her husband were also early supporters of the fledging conservation movement. They donated a large tract of land to the U.S. Government to preserve old-growth redwoods. Their gift, the Muir Woods National Monument, provides a lasting testimony to the Kents' exemplary lives of public service.
- From www.ywcasf-marin.org/marin-womens-hall-fame/honorees/elizabeth-thacher-kent:
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Sources - [S1998] Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendants of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman by Thomas Townsend Sherman. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920.
- [S1998] Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendants of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman by Thomas Townsend Sherman. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920.