Denison, Emily Herey (1876-1942)

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Woman's Peace Party, Montana Branch

Margaret E. Loughrin to Jane Addams, November 26, 1915

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Lenore Murray Weirick, April 25, 1916

The Second Annual Meeting of the Woman's Peace Party, December 9, 1916

Mabel L. Hyers to Jane Addams, November 16, 1915

Emily Heney Denison to Jane Addams, December 4, 1915

Emily Herey Denison to Jane Addams, December 27, 1915

Emily M. Heney Denison to Jane Addams, January 5, 1916

Report on Woman's Peace Party Work in Montana, January 5, 1916 (fragment)

Emily M. Herey Denison to Jane Addams, February 10, 1916

Emily Herey Denison to Jane Addams, February 19, 1917

Jane Addams to Emily Herey Denison, June 30, 1901

Jane Addams to Emily M. Herey Denison, November 23, 1915

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Emily M. Herey Denison, February 15, 1915

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Emily Herey Denison, February 21, 1917

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Birth Date

1876-02-17

Death Date

1942-11-16

Birthplace

Michigan

Biographical Text

Emily Herey, also known as "Emma", was a teacher and school superintendent in Denver. After her marriage, she moved to Denver where she was involved in the playground movement, local theater, and peace activism. Denison was Montana state chairman of the Woman's Peace Party, and was invited by Henry Ford to join his Peace Ship in 1915. She was a suffragist, and a member of the Montana Franchise League. Denison write numerous plays for stage, radio and screen, including My Friend's In Town and The Mystery of Beacon Hill, and published a collection of plays titled The Little Mother of the Slums. She moved to California in the 1930s.

Emily Herey married to James Floyd Denison. They had one son, James Herey Denison. She died in 1942.

Occupation

Peace activist

Playwright

Superintendent

Woman suffrage activist

Source

Picture: Anaconda Standard, May 25, 1913, p. 27.

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Henderson, Zack

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Bradley, Ed

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1915

Bibliography and Links

Emily Herey Denison, California, Death Index, 1940-1997

"Former Butte Matron Dies: Mrs. J. F. Denison Buried in California." The Montana Standard, November 22, 1942, p. 10.

"New Suffrage Club Formally Launched: Claim There is a Membership of Three Hundred." The Anaconda Standard, September 21, 1913, p. 11.

Birds in Their Nests, Colorado Springs Weekly Gazette, October 3, 1901, p. 5.

Butte Woman is Invited to Europe, Butte Miner, November 29, 1915, p. 5.

The Dramatic Index for 1915, 1916, pp. 24, 79, 85, 96, 109, 182, 222, 334.

Citation

“Denison, Emily Herey (1876-1942),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 12, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/11095.