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Wetmore, Maude K., Miss

1873 - 1951

Biography

Born in Paris in 1873, Maude K. Wetmore was a daughter of George Peabody Wetmore, who served as Governor of Rhode Island in 1885-87, and three terms as U.S. Senator, 1895-1913. Her mother was the former Edith Malvina Keteltas. As a young woman she played tournament golf, winning many local prizes and in 1898 finishing as runner-up in the National Women's Championship. During the first World War Miss Wetmore was chairman of the National League for Women's Service, which continued to provide automobiles, drivers, canteen and hospital helpers through the months after the Armistice. For years she was one of the leading spirits in the American Women's Association. One of the first women of her social position to take an active interest in politics, Miss Wetmore was appointed to the Republican Women's National Committee in 1919, and worked for the party during political campaigns. She maintained a residence in New York and an estate, Château-sur-Mer, in Newport, where she died November 3, 1951.

Bibliography

1951
Obituary, New York Times, November 4, 1951, 85:1.

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