Mary Foote Henderson
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Mary Foote Henderson was an American author, real estate developer, and social activist from the U.S. state of New York who was known as "The Empress of Sixteenth Street". Henderson was a notable advo
Portrait of Mary Foote Henderson from the Washington Times of December 23, 1904
Henderson Castle in Washington, D.C., built in 1889 and razed in 1949
Eunice Newton Foote
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Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was the first scientist to identify the insulating effect of certain gases and to posit that therefore risin
Mary Foote Henderson
…Street". Henderson was a notable advocate of women's suffrage, temperance and vegetarianism. She was born in Seneca Falls, New York, the daughter of Eunice Newton, a scientist and women's rights campaigner, and Elisha Foote, a prominent lawyer and judge, and the niece of Senator Samuel A. Foot of Connecticut and…
Passport description of Foote in 1862
Troy Female Seminary, 1822
The signature page of the Declaration of Sentiments, bearing Foote's signature on the left
Foote's paper-making machine, 1864