Colonial Dames of America Nonprofit organization
The Colonial Dames of America (CDA ) is an American organization comprising women who descend from one or more ancestors who lived in British North America between 1607 and 1775, and who aided the colonies in public office, in military service, or in another acceptable capacity. The CDA is listed as an approved lineage society with the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America .
The National Headquarters is at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in New York City , which was purchased by the CDA in 1924.
History
National Headquarters at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in New York City The organization was founded in 1890, shortly before the founding of two similar societies, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the Daughters of the American Revolution . In April 1890, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer (Maria Denning Van Rensselaer), Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, and Mrs. Archibald Gracie King decided to found a patriotic society of women descended from Colonial ancestry.[ 1]
The original CDA insignia was designed by Tiffany & Co .[ 1]
Notable members
Lillie Stella Acer Ballagh , founder of Matinee Musical Club, Los Angeles[ 2] Fanny Yarborough Bickett (1870-1941), First Lady of North Carolina and first female president of the North Carolina Railroad Florence Anderson Clark (1835–1918), author, newspaper editor, librarian, university deanCynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman (1832–1908), writer and preservationist in Williamsburg, Virginia.[ 3] Elizabeth Jarvis Colt , businesswoman and philanthropist; founder of the Connecticut chapter of CDA[ 4] Susan Topliff Davis (1862-1931), non-profit executiveJulia Livingston Delafield (1837–1914), philanthropist and historianLaura Dayton Fessenden (1852-1924), authorLaura Montgomery Henderson (1867-1940), president, Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Sallie Foster Harshbarger , active in civic and fraternal work[ 2] Mary Hilliard Hinton , historian, painter, anti-suffragist, and white supremacistAlice Curtice Moyer [ 5] Dale Mercer , socialite and television personalityJeannie Blackburn Moran (1842/50–1929), author, community leader, socialite, and philanthropist; CDA charter memberEdith Allen Phelps , twice president of the Oklahoma Library Association, the first professional in the Library Science field in the Oklahoma City system[ 2] Adelaide Hamilton (1830-1915), last surviving granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton . She joined the organisation when it was first launched.Daisy Allen Story , socialite, suffragist, and clubwomanFlorence Warfield Sillers , historian and socialiteMay Erwin Talmadge , 19th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution Fay Webb-Gardner , First Lady of North CarolinaLynn Forney Young , lineage society leader
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Clubs
Nationwide Alabama Alaska Arizona California Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming Washington D.C.
Publications
Conventions
List of women's clubs
