Kimball, Kate Fisher (1860-1917)

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Kate Fisher Kimball to Jane Addams, January 31, 1907

Kate Fisher Kimball to Jane Addams, February 19, 1907

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Birth Date

1860-02-22

Death Date

1917-01-17

Birthplace

Orange, New Jersey

Biographical Text

Kate Fisher Kimball was the Executive Secretary of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, America's oldest operating book club, in 1884 at the age of eighteen. She was known as "Mother Superior" among members and was considered second in importance only to the founder, as the C.L.S.C. experienced tremendous growth under her leadership. Kimball wrote for The Chautauquan and was the author of "An English Cathedral Journey," as well as many other publications.

Kimball married Millard Kimball in 1878. Kimball died in 1917.

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Risman, Samantha

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

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Female

First appears

1907

Bibliography and Links

"Rare 1880s Chautauqua Institution Birthday Book SIGNED by Kate F. Kimball etc." Ebay

Bray, Frank Chapin, "Chautauqua's Mother Superior," The Independent, vol. 91, page 22, July-September 1917.

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION LEGEND KATE F.KIMBALL SIGNED POSTCARD 1884, WorthPoint

Millard F Kimball, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941

The Story of Chautauqua, pages 146-148

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“Kimball, Kate Fisher (1860-1917),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 13, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2103.