Nellie Fassett was an American feminist, political organizer, and suffragette during the 1890s through 1920s in New York City. [1]
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She was married to John Sherwin Crosby. [1] Her personal friends included William Jennings Bryan. [1]
Nellie Fassett was an American feminist, political organizer, and suffragette during the 1890s through 1920s in New York City. [1]
She was married to John Sherwin Crosby. [1] Her personal friends included William Jennings Bryan. [1]
Fassett was the founder, in 1905, and first president of the Women's Democratic Club of New York City. [1] [2] It was the first permanent national political organization exclusively established by and for women. The pioneering American theatrical and literary agent Elisabeth Marbury was a member, and also involved in Democratic politics and Georgism.
In 1913 she gave a victory breakfast at the Waldorf-Astoria for the new First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson and her children. [1]
In 1918 Fassett was named as the representative of New York State on the Woman's Advisory Committee of the Democratic National Committee. [3]
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Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby of New York City has been named as the representative of New York State on the Woman's Advisory Committee of the Democratic ...
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