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Windsor, Connecticut, USA
New York City, New York, USA
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Christine Ladd-Franklin's name before she married was Christine Ladd, but she was often known as Kitty.Pictures of christine ladd franklin biography
Her parents were Eliphalet Ladd, who was a successful New York merchant, and Augusta Niles and both were originally from New England. Christine was the eldest of Eliphalet and Augusta's three children, having a younger brother Henry and a younger sister Jane.
In order to understand how Christine Ladd had the will and determination to succeed at a time when the odds were stacked heavily against women, we should look briefly at her mother Augusta's views. Augusta and her sister Juliet Niles were [4]:-
...In fact Augusta once wrote in a letterboth staunch supporters of women's rights.