Obituary
Boston Herald
Boston, MA
Monday, 26 Oct 1959 ~ Pg. 15
Funeral Today For Mrs. Rotch
Suffrage Leader Active in Politics
The funeral of Mrs. Helen G. (Ludington) Rotch, 77, of 137 Marlboro St., Back Bay, a leader in the women's suffrage movement and one of the founders of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Waterman Chapel, Kenmore Square.
Mrs. Rotch, a community leader in Boston for many years and an active Democrat, died in her sleep at home early Saturday. Services also will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Old Lyme, Conn., where she formerly resided.
ADA DIRECTOR
She and her husband, Arthur G. Rotch, who were married Sept. 30, 1907, maintained a farm at Lakeville. He is executive director and secretary of the Permanent Charity Fund, president of the Infants Hospital and former state welfare commissioner.
Mrs. Rotch was the second president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, a member of the national board of directors of the Americans for Democratic Action and former chairman of the Massachusetts Chapter of the ADA.
Her sister, the late Katharine Ludington of Old Lyme, was one of the founders of the National League of Women Voters. It was through her sister that Mrs. Rotch became interested in the movement and helped to organize the Massachusetts League.
For many years, Mrs. Rotch served as legislative chairman of the league and editor of its newspaper. She was also a member of the Democratic State Committee. Even in recent weeks, she maintained her interest in politics, returning a week ago from a Washington, D.C. meeting of the ADA's national board.
CONVENTION DELEGATE
In 1932, she was a delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention.
Mrs. Rotch was also a trustee of the Cambridge School in Weston and was associated with the World Affairs Council.
A native of New York, she attended Miss Porter's School at Farmington, Conn., and was a social worker before her marriage.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Rotch leaves four daughters, Miss Katharine L., of the home address, Miss Lydia W., of Lakeville, Mrs. Helen M. Buxton, wife of Dr. Charles L. Buxton, Yale Medical School professor, and Mrs. Phoebe R. Furnald of Belmont, widow of a Manchester, N.H., banker.
Burial will be at Old Lyme.
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Boston Herald
Boston, MA
Monday, 26 Oct 1959 ~ Pg. 15
Funeral Today For Mrs. Rotch
Suffrage Leader Active in Politics
The funeral of Mrs. Helen G. (Ludington) Rotch, 77, of 137 Marlboro St., Back Bay, a leader in the women's suffrage movement and one of the founders of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Waterman Chapel, Kenmore Square.
Mrs. Rotch, a community leader in Boston for many years and an active Democrat, died in her sleep at home early Saturday. Services also will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Old Lyme, Conn., where she formerly resided.
ADA DIRECTOR
She and her husband, Arthur G. Rotch, who were married Sept. 30, 1907, maintained a farm at Lakeville. He is executive director and secretary of the Permanent Charity Fund, president of the Infants Hospital and former state welfare commissioner.
Mrs. Rotch was the second president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, a member of the national board of directors of the Americans for Democratic Action and former chairman of the Massachusetts Chapter of the ADA.
Her sister, the late Katharine Ludington of Old Lyme, was one of the founders of the National League of Women Voters. It was through her sister that Mrs. Rotch became interested in the movement and helped to organize the Massachusetts League.
For many years, Mrs. Rotch served as legislative chairman of the league and editor of its newspaper. She was also a member of the Democratic State Committee. Even in recent weeks, she maintained her interest in politics, returning a week ago from a Washington, D.C. meeting of the ADA's national board.
CONVENTION DELEGATE
In 1932, she was a delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention.
Mrs. Rotch was also a trustee of the Cambridge School in Weston and was associated with the World Affairs Council.
A native of New York, she attended Miss Porter's School at Farmington, Conn., and was a social worker before her marriage.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Rotch leaves four daughters, Miss Katharine L., of the home address, Miss Lydia W., of Lakeville, Mrs. Helen M. Buxton, wife of Dr. Charles L. Buxton, Yale Medical School professor, and Mrs. Phoebe R. Furnald of Belmont, widow of a Manchester, N.H., banker.
Burial will be at Old Lyme.
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Mayflower Descendant
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Obituary
Boston Herald
Boston, MA
Monday, 26 Oct 1959 ~ Pg. 15
Funeral Today For Mrs. Rotch
Suffrage Leader Active in Politics
The funeral of Mrs. Helen G. (Ludington) Rotch, 77, of 137 Marlboro St., Back Bay, a leader in the women's suffrage movement and one of the founders of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Waterman Chapel, Kenmore Square.
Mrs. Rotch, a community leader in Boston for many years and an active Democrat, died in her sleep at home early Saturday. Services also will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Old Lyme, Conn., where she formerly resided.
ADA DIRECTOR
She and her husband, Arthur G. Rotch, who were married Sept. 30, 1907, maintained a farm at Lakeville. He is executive director and secretary of the Permanent Charity Fund, president of the Infants Hospital and former state welfare commissioner.
Mrs. Rotch was the second president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, a member of the national board of directors of the Americans for Democratic Action and former chairman of the Massachusetts Chapter of the ADA.
Her sister, the late Katharine Ludington of Old Lyme, was one of the founders of the National League of Women Voters. It was through her sister that Mrs. Rotch became interested in the movement and helped to organize the Massachusetts League.
For many years, Mrs. Rotch served as legislative chairman of the league and editor of its newspaper. She was also a member of the Democratic State Committee. Even in recent weeks, she maintained her interest in politics, returning a week ago from a Washington, D.C. meeting of the ADA's national board.
CONVENTION DELEGATE
In 1932, she was a delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention.
Mrs. Rotch was also a trustee of the Cambridge School in Weston and was associated with the World Affairs Council.
A native of New York, she attended Miss Porter's School at Farmington, Conn., and was a social worker before her marriage.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Rotch leaves four daughters, Miss Katharine L., of the home address, Miss Lydia W., of Lakeville, Mrs. Helen M. Buxton, wife of Dr. Charles L. Buxton, Yale Medical School professor, and Mrs. Phoebe R. Furnald of Belmont, widow of a Manchester, N.H., banker.
Burial will be at Old Lyme.
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Mayflower Descendant
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Boston Herald
Boston, MA
Monday, 26 Oct 1959 ~ Pg. 15
Funeral Today For Mrs. Rotch
Suffrage Leader Active in Politics
The funeral of Mrs. Helen G. (Ludington) Rotch, 77, of 137 Marlboro St., Back Bay, a leader in the women's suffrage movement and one of the founders of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Waterman Chapel, Kenmore Square.
Mrs. Rotch, a community leader in Boston for many years and an active Democrat, died in her sleep at home early Saturday. Services also will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Old Lyme, Conn., where she formerly resided.
ADA DIRECTOR
She and her husband, Arthur G. Rotch, who were married Sept. 30, 1907, maintained a farm at Lakeville. He is executive director and secretary of the Permanent Charity Fund, president of the Infants Hospital and former state welfare commissioner.
Mrs. Rotch was the second president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, a member of the national board of directors of the Americans for Democratic Action and former chairman of the Massachusetts Chapter of the ADA.
Her sister, the late Katharine Ludington of Old Lyme, was one of the founders of the National League of Women Voters. It was through her sister that Mrs. Rotch became interested in the movement and helped to organize the Massachusetts League.
For many years, Mrs. Rotch served as legislative chairman of the league and editor of its newspaper. She was also a member of the Democratic State Committee. Even in recent weeks, she maintained her interest in politics, returning a week ago from a Washington, D.C. meeting of the ADA's national board.
CONVENTION DELEGATE
In 1932, she was a delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention.
Mrs. Rotch was also a trustee of the Cambridge School in Weston and was associated with the World Affairs Council.
A native of New York, she attended Miss Porter's School at Farmington, Conn., and was a social worker before her marriage.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Rotch leaves four daughters, Miss Katharine L., of the home address, Miss Lydia W., of Lakeville, Mrs. Helen M. Buxton, wife of Dr. Charles L. Buxton, Yale Medical School professor, and Mrs. Phoebe R. Furnald of Belmont, widow of a Manchester, N.H., banker.
Burial will be at Old Lyme.
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