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Pauline Revere Thayer : ウィキペディア英語版 | Pauline Revere Thayer Pauline Revere Thayer (1860-1934) worked to improve immigrant conditions in Massachusetts and the US; represented Massachusetts in Republican party activities; and founded the Chilton Club in Boston in 1910. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1860 to Paul Revere III, she was a direct descendant of Paul Revere, and in that capacity performed civic and honorary duties in his memory.〔Quincy G.A.R. Post is 50 years old; Anniversary Exercises Wednesday Evening. Boston Daily Globe. Jun 1, 1919. p.E1.〕〔National Affairs: Dawesology. Time Magazine. Monday, Apr. 27, 1925.〕 She married businessman Nathaniel Thayer in 1887.〔Nathaniel Thayer dead; Capitalist and Railroad Promoter Dies at His Home in Boston. New York Times, Mar 22, 1911. p.11.〕〔The Harvard graduates' magazine, v.19. 1911.〕 Throughout her life, she pursued charitable endeavors. In 1896 she was treasurer of the Committee of Women of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association, contributing to efforts benefitting American soldiers in the Spanish–American War.〔Edward C. Mansfield. Work of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association During the War with Spain, 1898.〕 She also donated funds to the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1910 she founded the private women's Chilton Club in Boston.〔Samuel Hornblower. Fifteen Minutes: The Old Boys' Clubs. Harvard Crimson. April 27, 2000.〕 Around 1916, Woodrow Wilson appointed Thayer chairman of the Women's Committee of the Massachusetts Division, Council of National Defense.〔The Journal of home economics, v.11. American Home Economics Association, May 1919; p.231.〕 She was "looked upon as advisor and confidante" to Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover.〔Mrs. Thayer dead: Paul Revere's kin; For 50 Years She Led in Social and Political Activities of Massachusetts; Was capitalist's widow; Honored by Three Presidents, She Was Noted for Her Many Philanthropies. New York Times. Sep 30, 1934. p.35.〕 From ca.1921 through ca.1931, she was head of Immigration and Americanization in the Massachusetts Department of Education.〔Patterson's American educational directory, v.28. 1931.〕〔 Around 1929 she was appointed "vice-chairman of Governor Frank G. Allen's Committee on Unemployment.〔 In 1921 she was part of a national committee appointed by Immigration Commissioner Walter W. Husband to review policy related to welfare of immigrants.〔Board to aid immigrants; Husband Appoints Four to Help Form Welfare Policy. New York Times. June 25, 1921; p.10.〕〔Edward Hale Bierstadt. Aspects of Americanization. Cincinnati, Stewart Kidd Co., 1921.〕 Thayer represented Massachusetts as a delegate in the 1924 Republican National Convention〔Paul Revere descendant Massachusetts delegate. Boston Daily Globe. Jun 13, 1924. p.31.〕 and the 1928 Republican National Committee, with Louis K. Liggett.〔Dr. Work favored as Hoover manager;... The New National Committee. New York Times. Jun 16, 1928. p.5.〕 She died on September 29, 1934, in Lancaster, Massachusetts. ==References==
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