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Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (1878–1930) was an American suffragist, socialite and writer from New York city. She was the founder of the Equal Franchise Society. Her involvement with the woman's suffrage movement "encouraged other wealthy women to follow her lead and become involved." [1]
16. Feb. 2015 · On one of the family’s many ocean crossings, the Mackays’ younger son, Clarence, met Katherine Duer, a beautiful young woman from an unimpeachably high-ranking New York family. After Clarence...
24. Aug. 2017 · Described by Town Topics as “the perfect specimen of willful, wistful beauty,” the dark-haired Katherine Duer Mackay was an only child of social prestige and class privilege. Schooled by private tutors, summering in Newport, she was raised in a Manhattan home – believed to be the first in New York where the house servants wore uniforms.
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.
19. Aug. 2020 · Katherine Duer Mackay, the first wife of Clarence H. Mackay, was known throughout New York’s high society circles for her beauty, charm, and dedication to various causes for women and children.
Born in New York City in 1878, Katherine Duer Mackay became an esteemed figure in the quest for women's suffrage. Mackay was an only child and direct descendant of the socially prestigious Lady Kitty Duer, daughter of Lord Stirling. In 1898, she married Clarence H. Mackay, heir to a New Money fortune of silver mining and cable technology, who ...
Socialite, founder of the Equal Franchise Society (1908) Like a nova, Katherine Duer Mackay appeared on the scene suddenly around 1908 as one of the most effective stars in the quest for women's suffrage and then quickly exploded into oblivion due to her scandalous affair with her husband's doctor.
