Background
Richardson, Ellen A. was born in August 1845 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Oren and Ann H. W. Bragdon.
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Ellen A. Richardson
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Education public and private schools. Special studies in art.
Career
Founder, 1st president (2 years) and now honorary president, George Washington Memorial Association (founded to promote National University). Founder, 1894, and from then state president Massachusetts Floral Emblem Society. Organized Home Congress.
Founder Massachusetts Business League. Judge of art on board of awards, Chicago Exposition and Atlanta Exposition. Became head of cabinet department, art and literature, National Council of Women of the United States.
Speaker for United States at Quinquennial of International Council of Women, Berlin, 1904. Member Interparliamentary Union. Founded and edited Woman’s Review.
Edited booklets on Home, daily, for Home Congresses, held in Boston. Founded and edited, 3 years, The Business Folio. Edited home department, Boston Commonwealth.
Appointed to write report on potteries exhibited at Chicago Exposition. Contributor and reviewer to The Arena. Home: Boston, Mass.
Membership
Member Interparliamentary Union. Founded and edited Woman’s Review.
Connections
Married A. Maynard Richardson, April.
