Ruth Baker Pratt
Ruth Baker Pratt | |
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17th district | |
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | |
Preceded by | William W. Cohen |
Succeeded by | Theodore A. Peyser |
Personal details | |
Born | Ruth Sears Baker August 24, 1877 Ware, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | August 23, 1965 Glen Cove, New York, U.S. | (aged 87)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Children | 5, including Edwin |
Alma mater | Wellesley College |
Ruth Sears Pratt (née Baker; August 24, 1877 – August 23, 1965),[1] was an American politician and the first female representative to be elected from New York.[2]
Early life
On August 24, 1877, Pratt was born as Ruth Sears Baker in Ware, Massachusetts to Carrie V. Baker and Edwin H. Baker, a cotton manufacturer.[1][3][4]
Pratt attended Dana Hall.[5] Pratt studied mathematics at Wellesley College.[1][3] She also spent a year and a half studying violin at the Conservatory of Liege, Belgium.[5]
Career
In the
She was elected as a Republican to the 71st and 72nd Congresses (1929–1933),
Pratt-Smoot Act
Together with
Personal life
In 1904,
- John Teele Pratt Jr. (1903–1969),Squaw Valley Ski Resort.[19]
- Virginia Pratt (1905–1979),
- Sally Sears Pratt (1908–1973), who married James Tracy Jackson III in 1928.[23][24]
- Phyllis Pratt (1912–1987),[25] who married Paul Henry Nitze, the Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson.[26]
Death
Pratt died on August 23, 1965, at the family house and estate, Manor House,
She was interred at the Pratt Family Mausoleum, Old Tappan Road, Glen Cove.Descendants
Through her eldest son John, she was a grandmother of Mary Christy Pratt (1923–1960), who was married to
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Mrs. Ruth Baker Pratt Dies; State's First Woman in House; Served in Washington From 1928 to 1932 -- First of Sex on Board of Aldermen". The New York Times. August 24, 1965. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "Ruth Sears Baker Pratt, The Junior League of New York". www.ajli.org. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ a b "PRATT, Ruth Sears Baker (1877-1965)". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "PRATT, Ruth Sears Baker". house.gov. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Ruth B. Pratt--New York's First Congresswoman". Equal Rights. Vol. XIV, no. 48. January 5, 1929. pp. 379–380.
- ^ Proceedings of the Electoral College of the State of New York, 1921. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. 1921. p. 6.
- ISBN 9780874369601.
- ISBN 9781438110325.
- ISBN 9781590339428.
- ^ "National Affairs: Phelps-Pratt". Time. Time Inc. September 17, 1928. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ "Theodore Peyser, Congressman, Dies – Represented the Silk Stocking 17th District After Defeat of Ruth Baker Pratt – Former Insurance Man – Credited With Having Sold Million-Dollar Life Policies to 33 Clients Entered Politics in 1932 Aided by Wagner Native of West Virginia". The New York Times. August 9, 1937. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ISBN 9780160767531.
- ISBN 9780160767531. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ISBN 9780810877382.
- New York Times. June 18, 1927.
- ^ "Five Children of Mrs. Pratt To Share $1 Million Estate". The New York Times. August 31, 1965. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "John T. Pratt Jr., 65, Is Dead; Institute Trustee and Bank Aide". The New York Times. June 21, 1969. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ a b "Miss Mary Christy Pratt Engaged to Bayard Cutting Auchincloss". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 10, 1950. p. 45. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (August 22, 2006). "Alexander Cushing, 92, Dies; Turned Squaw Valley Into World-Class Skiing Destination". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Deaths | Thayer‐Virginia Pratt". The New York Times. December 13, 1979. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Robert H. Thayer, 82; Ex-Envoy to Rumania". The New York Times. January 29, 1984. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Miss Virginia Pratt to Wed on Dec. 30 – Marriage to Robert H. Thayer Will Take Place in St, Bartholomew's Church". The New York Times. December 8, 1926. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Sally Pratt Reveals Her Marriage Plans – Daughter of Mrs. Ruth B. Pratt, Alderman, and James Jackson Jr. Get a License". The New York Times. January 28, 1928. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Sally Pratt Weds James Jackson Jr.. – Married by Rev. Dr. Endicott Peabody at Home of Her Mother, Alderman Ruth Pratt – Her Sister Honor Maid". The New York Times. February 17, 1928. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Phyllis Pratt Nitze". The New York Times. June 28, 1987. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ Berger, Marilyn (October 21, 2004). "Paul H. Nitze, Missile Treaty Negotiator and Cold War Strategist, Dies at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Edwin H. B. Pratt". The New York Times. March 21, 1975. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Headmaster Appointed – Edwin H. B. Pratt Is Named by the Browne & Nichols School". The New York Times. May 12, 1949. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Miss Aileen Kelly Engaged to Be Wed – Massachusetts Girl to Become Bride of Edwin Pratt, Son of Ruth Baker Pratt". The New York Times. August 9, 1935. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "Mrs. Pratt Acquires Locust Valley tract – Purchase by Member of Congress Brings Long Island Estate to More Than 1,000 Acres". The New York Times. August 1, 1930. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "Pratt Home Robbed of $30,000 in Jewels; Thieves' Carefulness Delays Discovery". The New York Times. February 15, 1949. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ISBN 9780160767531.
- ^ "James G. Auchincloss, A Law Student, And Kristin Morris Delafield Are Wed". The New York Times. July 19, 1987. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Miss Ruth Pratt And R.C. James Are Wed on L.I.; Father Escorts Bride at Marriage to Aide of State Department". The New York Times. September 15, 1962. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "Jane Kucera and Paul Nitze". The New York Times. September 8, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress