'The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women: Volume I'
Vanderlip, Narcissa Cox
National League of Women Voters
page 92
"VANDERLIP, NARCISSA COX (Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip), daughter of Charles Epperson and Narcissa (Woods) Cox, was born in Quincy, Illinois. She was educated in public and private schools, and in 1899 entered the University of Chicago, where she was prominent in all student activities. She was a member of the University Dramatic Club and the Esoteric Club, and in 1902 was President of the University of Chicago Young Women's Christian Association. She was also the editor of the Annual Publication, and editor-in-chief of the woman's edition of the Daily Maroon.
On May 19, 1903, shortly before her graduation with the class of 1903, she was married, in Chicago, to Frank Arthur Vanderlip, President of the National City Bank of New York. They are the parents of six children: Narcissa, Charlotte Delight, Frank Arthur, Jr., Virginia Jocelyn, Kelvin Cox, and John Mann Vanderlip.
At both her homes, in New York City and at Scarborough-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, Mrs. Vanderlip has been identified with many movements for social betterment. As a member of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party she was active in the campaigns of 1916 and 1917, for the extension of the franchise to women in New York. She was Chairman of the 9th Campaign District, which included the counties of Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan, and there her vigorous leadership produced highly successful results. In 1918-1919 she was Chairman of the 24th and 25th Congressional Districts of the New York State League of Women Voters, the successor of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, and in November, 1919, she was elected State Chairman of the League. Although a Republican in politics, Mrs. Vanderlip has kept the League true to its non-partisan platform, and has directed its program to secure protective legislation for women in industry, and to combat reactionary attempts to repeal laws, already passed, for improving the conditions of women and children. Mrs. Vanderlip is Treasurer of the Kennedy Street Settlement, New York, and was the organizer of the Civic Study Club at Ossining, New York. With her husband, she founded, and built, the Scarborough School, which is well known for its definitely constructive ideas.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Health Organization, and of that of the New York Girls' Protective Association, of which she is Chairman of the Educational Committee. Constructive and preventive philanthropy interests Mrs. Vanderlip more than palliative measures. The Protective Association seeks to remove the causes which lead girls to conspicuous behavior, and often from that [p.93] into actual danger. It provides a club house, where girls can enjoy safe freedom; supports two houses, one at 13 East 19th Street and the other at 331 East 69th Street, New York City, where 29,000 girls gather during each year, indoors or in the gardens. Attention is fixed on the girl who has lacked sympathy and opportunity for recreation to such an extent that the desire for happiness or excitement so often results disasterously.
In July, 1919, Mrs. Vanderlip called a conference of Community Councils, the outgrowth of the Council of National Defense, to discuss the question of providing more playgrounds for the thousands of children who have no chance for play under healthful conditions, and to plan community houses where the people, young or old, may create the activities and forms of amusement that they need and enjoy. Mrs. Vanderlip believes that recreation is necessary for grown people, as well as for children, and that the War has proved that the national energy may be best conserved by recreating it through play.
During the World War, Mrs. Vanderlip was Chairman of the War Service Committee of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party and Chairman of the New York Standardized Wartime Dress Committee. She was instrumental in having the Military Census taken by the women of Westchester County, and organized with considerable success local garden and food conservation campaigns before the national program was inaugurated. She established a large dehydrator on her country estate, as an experiment for the county, and was instrumental in organizing the Westchester County Thrift Committee, acting for a time as its Vice-Chairman. She was Chairman of the Women's Committee of the Westchester County Council of National Defense, whose successful Child Welfare Campaign she directed, and in the summer of 1918 she helped establish camps in Westchester and Rockland Counties for the Woman's Land Army of America, in whose work she had been actively interested. In June, 1917, she had been appointed by Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo to the Federal Women's Liberty Loan Committee; in the subsequent drives she took an active part and in addition was Chairman for the private schools of Westchester County for the United War Work Campaign.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a communicant of the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem, New York City, and is a teacher in the Sunday School of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Beechwood, Scarborough. In addition to the organizations already named she is a member of the Colony, Cosmopolitan, and Women's City Clubs of New York, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution."
Vanderlip, Narcissa Cox
National League of Women Voters
page 92
"VANDERLIP, NARCISSA COX (Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip), daughter of Charles Epperson and Narcissa (Woods) Cox, was born in Quincy, Illinois. She was educated in public and private schools, and in 1899 entered the University of Chicago, where she was prominent in all student activities. She was a member of the University Dramatic Club and the Esoteric Club, and in 1902 was President of the University of Chicago Young Women's Christian Association. She was also the editor of the Annual Publication, and editor-in-chief of the woman's edition of the Daily Maroon.
On May 19, 1903, shortly before her graduation with the class of 1903, she was married, in Chicago, to Frank Arthur Vanderlip, President of the National City Bank of New York. They are the parents of six children: Narcissa, Charlotte Delight, Frank Arthur, Jr., Virginia Jocelyn, Kelvin Cox, and John Mann Vanderlip.
At both her homes, in New York City and at Scarborough-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, Mrs. Vanderlip has been identified with many movements for social betterment. As a member of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party she was active in the campaigns of 1916 and 1917, for the extension of the franchise to women in New York. She was Chairman of the 9th Campaign District, which included the counties of Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan, and there her vigorous leadership produced highly successful results. In 1918-1919 she was Chairman of the 24th and 25th Congressional Districts of the New York State League of Women Voters, the successor of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, and in November, 1919, she was elected State Chairman of the League. Although a Republican in politics, Mrs. Vanderlip has kept the League true to its non-partisan platform, and has directed its program to secure protective legislation for women in industry, and to combat reactionary attempts to repeal laws, already passed, for improving the conditions of women and children. Mrs. Vanderlip is Treasurer of the Kennedy Street Settlement, New York, and was the organizer of the Civic Study Club at Ossining, New York. With her husband, she founded, and built, the Scarborough School, which is well known for its definitely constructive ideas.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Health Organization, and of that of the New York Girls' Protective Association, of which she is Chairman of the Educational Committee. Constructive and preventive philanthropy interests Mrs. Vanderlip more than palliative measures. The Protective Association seeks to remove the causes which lead girls to conspicuous behavior, and often from that [p.93] into actual danger. It provides a club house, where girls can enjoy safe freedom; supports two houses, one at 13 East 19th Street and the other at 331 East 69th Street, New York City, where 29,000 girls gather during each year, indoors or in the gardens. Attention is fixed on the girl who has lacked sympathy and opportunity for recreation to such an extent that the desire for happiness or excitement so often results disasterously.
In July, 1919, Mrs. Vanderlip called a conference of Community Councils, the outgrowth of the Council of National Defense, to discuss the question of providing more playgrounds for the thousands of children who have no chance for play under healthful conditions, and to plan community houses where the people, young or old, may create the activities and forms of amusement that they need and enjoy. Mrs. Vanderlip believes that recreation is necessary for grown people, as well as for children, and that the War has proved that the national energy may be best conserved by recreating it through play.
During the World War, Mrs. Vanderlip was Chairman of the War Service Committee of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party and Chairman of the New York Standardized Wartime Dress Committee. She was instrumental in having the Military Census taken by the women of Westchester County, and organized with considerable success local garden and food conservation campaigns before the national program was inaugurated. She established a large dehydrator on her country estate, as an experiment for the county, and was instrumental in organizing the Westchester County Thrift Committee, acting for a time as its Vice-Chairman. She was Chairman of the Women's Committee of the Westchester County Council of National Defense, whose successful Child Welfare Campaign she directed, and in the summer of 1918 she helped establish camps in Westchester and Rockland Counties for the Woman's Land Army of America, in whose work she had been actively interested. In June, 1917, she had been appointed by Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo to the Federal Women's Liberty Loan Committee; in the subsequent drives she took an active part and in addition was Chairman for the private schools of Westchester County for the United War Work Campaign.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a communicant of the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem, New York City, and is a teacher in the Sunday School of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Beechwood, Scarborough. In addition to the organizations already named she is a member of the Colony, Cosmopolitan, and Women's City Clubs of New York, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution."
'The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women: Volume I'
Vanderlip, Narcissa Cox
National League of Women Voters
page 92
"VANDERLIP, NARCISSA COX (Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip), daughter of Charles Epperson and Narcissa (Woods) Cox, was born in Quincy, Illinois. She was educated in public and private schools, and in 1899 entered the University of Chicago, where she was prominent in all student activities. She was a member of the University Dramatic Club and the Esoteric Club, and in 1902 was President of the University of Chicago Young Women's Christian Association. She was also the editor of the Annual Publication, and editor-in-chief of the woman's edition of the Daily Maroon.
On May 19, 1903, shortly before her graduation with the class of 1903, she was married, in Chicago, to Frank Arthur Vanderlip, President of the National City Bank of New York. They are the parents of six children: Narcissa, Charlotte Delight, Frank Arthur, Jr., Virginia Jocelyn, Kelvin Cox, and John Mann Vanderlip.
At both her homes, in New York City and at Scarborough-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, Mrs. Vanderlip has been identified with many movements for social betterment. As a member of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party she was active in the campaigns of 1916 and 1917, for the extension of the franchise to women in New York. She was Chairman of the 9th Campaign District, which included the counties of Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan, and there her vigorous leadership produced highly successful results. In 1918-1919 she was Chairman of the 24th and 25th Congressional Districts of the New York State League of Women Voters, the successor of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, and in November, 1919, she was elected State Chairman of the League. Although a Republican in politics, Mrs. Vanderlip has kept the League true to its non-partisan platform, and has directed its program to secure protective legislation for women in industry, and to combat reactionary attempts to repeal laws, already passed, for improving the conditions of women and children. Mrs. Vanderlip is Treasurer of the Kennedy Street Settlement, New York, and was the organizer of the Civic Study Club at Ossining, New York. With her husband, she founded, and built, the Scarborough School, which is well known for its definitely constructive ideas.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Health Organization, and of that of the New York Girls' Protective Association, of which she is Chairman of the Educational Committee. Constructive and preventive philanthropy interests Mrs. Vanderlip more than palliative measures. The Protective Association seeks to remove the causes which lead girls to conspicuous behavior, and often from that [p.93] into actual danger. It provides a club house, where girls can enjoy safe freedom; supports two houses, one at 13 East 19th Street and the other at 331 East 69th Street, New York City, where 29,000 girls gather during each year, indoors or in the gardens. Attention is fixed on the girl who has lacked sympathy and opportunity for recreation to such an extent that the desire for happiness or excitement so often results disasterously.
In July, 1919, Mrs. Vanderlip called a conference of Community Councils, the outgrowth of the Council of National Defense, to discuss the question of providing more playgrounds for the thousands of children who have no chance for play under healthful conditions, and to plan community houses where the people, young or old, may create the activities and forms of amusement that they need and enjoy. Mrs. Vanderlip believes that recreation is necessary for grown people, as well as for children, and that the War has proved that the national energy may be best conserved by recreating it through play.
During the World War, Mrs. Vanderlip was Chairman of the War Service Committee of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party and Chairman of the New York Standardized Wartime Dress Committee. She was instrumental in having the Military Census taken by the women of Westchester County, and organized with considerable success local garden and food conservation campaigns before the national program was inaugurated. She established a large dehydrator on her country estate, as an experiment for the county, and was instrumental in organizing the Westchester County Thrift Committee, acting for a time as its Vice-Chairman. She was Chairman of the Women's Committee of the Westchester County Council of National Defense, whose successful Child Welfare Campaign she directed, and in the summer of 1918 she helped establish camps in Westchester and Rockland Counties for the Woman's Land Army of America, in whose work she had been actively interested. In June, 1917, she had been appointed by Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo to the Federal Women's Liberty Loan Committee; in the subsequent drives she took an active part and in addition was Chairman for the private schools of Westchester County for the United War Work Campaign.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a communicant of the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem, New York City, and is a teacher in the Sunday School of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Beechwood, Scarborough. In addition to the organizations already named she is a member of the Colony, Cosmopolitan, and Women's City Clubs of New York, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution."
Vanderlip, Narcissa Cox
National League of Women Voters
page 92
"VANDERLIP, NARCISSA COX (Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip), daughter of Charles Epperson and Narcissa (Woods) Cox, was born in Quincy, Illinois. She was educated in public and private schools, and in 1899 entered the University of Chicago, where she was prominent in all student activities. She was a member of the University Dramatic Club and the Esoteric Club, and in 1902 was President of the University of Chicago Young Women's Christian Association. She was also the editor of the Annual Publication, and editor-in-chief of the woman's edition of the Daily Maroon.
On May 19, 1903, shortly before her graduation with the class of 1903, she was married, in Chicago, to Frank Arthur Vanderlip, President of the National City Bank of New York. They are the parents of six children: Narcissa, Charlotte Delight, Frank Arthur, Jr., Virginia Jocelyn, Kelvin Cox, and John Mann Vanderlip.
At both her homes, in New York City and at Scarborough-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, Mrs. Vanderlip has been identified with many movements for social betterment. As a member of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party she was active in the campaigns of 1916 and 1917, for the extension of the franchise to women in New York. She was Chairman of the 9th Campaign District, which included the counties of Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan, and there her vigorous leadership produced highly successful results. In 1918-1919 she was Chairman of the 24th and 25th Congressional Districts of the New York State League of Women Voters, the successor of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, and in November, 1919, she was elected State Chairman of the League. Although a Republican in politics, Mrs. Vanderlip has kept the League true to its non-partisan platform, and has directed its program to secure protective legislation for women in industry, and to combat reactionary attempts to repeal laws, already passed, for improving the conditions of women and children. Mrs. Vanderlip is Treasurer of the Kennedy Street Settlement, New York, and was the organizer of the Civic Study Club at Ossining, New York. With her husband, she founded, and built, the Scarborough School, which is well known for its definitely constructive ideas.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Health Organization, and of that of the New York Girls' Protective Association, of which she is Chairman of the Educational Committee. Constructive and preventive philanthropy interests Mrs. Vanderlip more than palliative measures. The Protective Association seeks to remove the causes which lead girls to conspicuous behavior, and often from that [p.93] into actual danger. It provides a club house, where girls can enjoy safe freedom; supports two houses, one at 13 East 19th Street and the other at 331 East 69th Street, New York City, where 29,000 girls gather during each year, indoors or in the gardens. Attention is fixed on the girl who has lacked sympathy and opportunity for recreation to such an extent that the desire for happiness or excitement so often results disasterously.
In July, 1919, Mrs. Vanderlip called a conference of Community Councils, the outgrowth of the Council of National Defense, to discuss the question of providing more playgrounds for the thousands of children who have no chance for play under healthful conditions, and to plan community houses where the people, young or old, may create the activities and forms of amusement that they need and enjoy. Mrs. Vanderlip believes that recreation is necessary for grown people, as well as for children, and that the War has proved that the national energy may be best conserved by recreating it through play.
During the World War, Mrs. Vanderlip was Chairman of the War Service Committee of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party and Chairman of the New York Standardized Wartime Dress Committee. She was instrumental in having the Military Census taken by the women of Westchester County, and organized with considerable success local garden and food conservation campaigns before the national program was inaugurated. She established a large dehydrator on her country estate, as an experiment for the county, and was instrumental in organizing the Westchester County Thrift Committee, acting for a time as its Vice-Chairman. She was Chairman of the Women's Committee of the Westchester County Council of National Defense, whose successful Child Welfare Campaign she directed, and in the summer of 1918 she helped establish camps in Westchester and Rockland Counties for the Woman's Land Army of America, in whose work she had been actively interested. In June, 1917, she had been appointed by Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo to the Federal Women's Liberty Loan Committee; in the subsequent drives she took an active part and in addition was Chairman for the private schools of Westchester County for the United War Work Campaign.
Mrs. Vanderlip is a communicant of the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem, New York City, and is a teacher in the Sunday School of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Beechwood, Scarborough. In addition to the organizations already named she is a member of the Colony, Cosmopolitan, and Women's City Clubs of New York, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution."
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