Background
Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin was born on December 11, 1847 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Aldus Manutius and Catherine Fisher (Sawin) Chapin.
Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin was born on December 11, 1847 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Aldus Manutius and Catherine Fisher (Sawin) Chapin.
Graduate Abbot Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1868.
Teacher public schools, Manchester, 1869-1870. Regent Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter Daughters of American Revolution, 1908-1910. Massachusetts state historian Daughters of American Revolution, 1910-1912.
Massachusetts state president Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers Association, 1912-1920.
National president same, 1920-1923. Delegate to International Council of Women, Christiania, Norway, 1920.
Prominent in war work and in securing relief for war veterans.
Married Milton Prince Higgins, June 15, 1870 (died 1912).