Jane (Norman) Smith (1874 - 1953)

Born 15 Feb 1874 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clarence Meserole Smith — married 6 Dec 1897 in New York City, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1953 at age 79 in Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

A notable woman's rights activist mentioned in several history books, Jane was the Senatorial District Chairman of the Women's Political Union for Woman Suffrage, 1914-1915; Manhattanville Nursery Association, Secretary, 1910s; member of the New York City Committee, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, 1915; New York Legislative Campaign, National Women's Party, woman suffrage campaign, 1916-1918; New York State Legislative Chairman, National Women's Party, Equal Rights campaign, 1921-23; Chairman, New York State branch, National Woman's Party, 1923-1927; Chairman, National Council, National Woman's Party, 1927-1929; Third Vice-President, National Council of Women, 1935-1937; Second Vice-President, National Council of Women, 1937-1938; She was appointed by Governor Alfred E. Smith to represent the State of New York at the Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Paris, France in 1926, and was also speaker on behalf of Equal Rights Treaty before a plenary session of the Pan American Conference in Havana, Cuba in 1928. She was the author of articles on the Equal Rights Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Her articles on the status of women appeared in magazines and newspapers in both North and South America.

Sources

• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMW-LM4 : 14 February 2020), Jane Norman, 1874.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN8Q-97L : 19 February 2021), Jennie Norman in household of James T Norman, Mont Clair, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 36C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,780.

• "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6QC-P38 : 21 January 2020), Jennie June Norman in entry for Clarence Meserole Smith, 1897.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSKS-S27 : accessed 27 May 2021), Jennie N Smith in household of Clarence M Smith, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 31 New York City Ward 21, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 553, sheet 7A, family 136, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,106.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5W2-5VD : accessed 27 May 2021), Jennie N Smith in household of Clarence M Smith, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 733, sheet 10B, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1028; FHL microfilm 1,375,041.

• "New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9XC-VGQ : 27 November 2020), J Norman Smith in entry for Clorence M Smith, 1915.

• New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXLF-M4W

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X422-T1Y : accessed 27 May 2021), Jane Norman Smith in household of Clarence M Smith, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 554, sheet 21A, line 26, family 373, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1567; FHL microfilm 2,341,302.

• New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24F8-ZXD

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128996279/jane-smith

• "Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8RQ-TXF : 28 January 2020), Jane Norman Smith, 1953.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V3J-TX2 : 19 February 2021), Jane Norman Smith, 1953.

• Crean Brush, Loyalist and his Descendants, by Jane Norman Smith, published 1938

https://archive.org/details/creanbrushloyali00smit

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Hemisphere_of_Women/I3dQEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Jane+Norman+Smith"&pg=PA175&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Death_and_Dying_in_the_Working_Class_186/0rJ_BwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Jane+Norman+Smith"&pg=PA23&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Industrialists/3j63DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Jane+Norman+Smith"&pg=PA105&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Agenda_Setting_the_UN_and_NGOs/rIOWJxuMLmUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Jane+Norman+Smith"&pg=PA60&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reinventing_The_People/Ra-R4mNZhUQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Jane+Norman+Smith"&pg=PA122&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Directory_of_Social_and_Health_Agencies/Df8TAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Manhattanville+Nursery"+Clarence+Smith&pg=PA234&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bulletin/l2QqAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Jane+Norman+Smith"&pg=PA343&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Women_of_International/lY5PAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="Jane+Norman+Smith"&pg=PA200&printsec=frontcover