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Edna Fischel Gellhorn (1878 – 1970) was an American suffragist and reformer who helped found the League of Women Voters. [1] Early life. Edna Fischel Gellhorn was born on December 18, 1878, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Edna Fischel Gellhorn was a Missouri suffragist, reformer and philanthropist. Born in St. Louis in 1878, Gellhorn became involved in the Missouri suffrage campaign in 1910, serving in the St. Louis and Missouri Equal Suffrage Leagues and helping to organize suffrage demonstrations.
In 1968, Washington University created the Edna Fischel Gellhorn Professorship of Public Affairs, a chair endowed by admirers. At age 79, she was selected as Woman of Achievement by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Edna Gellhorn died September 24, 1970 at the age of 92.
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Edna Gellhorn was a suffragist, civic leader, and reformer who helped found the National League of Women Voters. She was born in St. Louis in 1878 and died in 1970, leaving a legacy of public service and social activism.
The papers of Edna Fischel Gellhorn, a civic worker and suffragist in St. Louis, Missouri, include correspondence with Carrie Chapman Catt and other women's rights leaders. The collection is open for research and stored off site at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute.
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Edna Fischel Gellhorn was born in St. Louis on December 18, 1878 to Dr. Washington E. and Martha Ellis Fischel. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1900 with an AB degree.
Mrs. Edna Fischel Gellhorn, a St. Louis civic leader and widow of Dr. George Gellhorn, internationally known gynecologist of the medical faculty of Washington University, was born in St. Louis December 18, 1878, and in her community betterment activities followed in the steps of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Washington E. Fischel.
