Jessie Belle Hardy Stubbs MacKaye

Jessie Stubbs MacKaye around 1912–1913, at the time of the suffrage marches

Jessie Belle Hardy Stubbs MacKaye (* 1876 , † April 18, 1921 in the East River , New York ) was an American suffragette and pacifist . She was president of the Milwaukee Women's Peace Society and was married to forest scientist and environmentalist Benton MacKaye .

Life

She graduated from Columbia University and chaired the Women's Peace Society in New York City. From 1896 to 1899 she was married to the doctor Guerney Stubbs, who died in 1899. Several of the actions she led, such as a peace march carried out in 1912, attracted national interest. She became known through the call that women should remain unmarried and not bear children until a means has been found to rule out war. In 1914 she took part in a central demonstration for women's suffrage in Washington.

Jessie Stubbs committed suicide in 1921 by drowning herself in the East River .

Benton MacKaye was subsequently invited by an architect friend, Charles Whitaker, to relax on his farm in Mount Olive. During this time he formulated the basic idea of ​​the Appalachian Trail , one of the longest long-distance hiking trails in the USA and worldwide.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mrs. MacKaye Gone. Threatened Suicide. Suffragist and Peace Advocate Eludes Husband and Nurse in Grand Central Throng. What About To Board Train. Writer Believes His Wife, Suffering From Overwork, WillBe Found in Some Hospital. (PDF). In: New York Times , April 19, 1921. Retrieved July 29, 2009. 
2. ↑ Find Body Of Jessie Mackaye In East River . In: Chicago Tribune , April 20, 1921. Retrieved July 29, 2009. 
3. ↑ The Path Taken . In: Preservation magazine . Archived from the original on February 22nd, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 29, 2009.