Katherine Reed Balentine

Katherine Reed Balentine (1878 – September 17, 1934) was an American suffragist.[1]

The Yellow Ribbon, October 1909

Katherine Reed was born in 1878 in Portland, Maine to Susan P. Reed and Thomas Brackett Reed. Her father, Thomas, was in his first term as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st congressional district. He eventually became Speaker of the House and one of the most powerful men in the federal government.

Reed married Colonel Arthur Balentine. He served on the staff of U.S. military commander John J. Pershing. The couple moved to San Francisco, where she established The Yellow Ribbon magazine, which was a statewide newspaper which promoted women's suffrage. She was a leading figure in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA); in 1907, she was part of a NAWSA delegation which met with President Theodore Roosevelt. She led the Maine branch of NAWSA from 1916 – 1917.[2]

References
  1. "WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ACTIVIST HAD ROOTS IN ALPINE'S HISTORY" (PDF). Alpinehistory.org.
  2. "Biographical Sketch of Katherine Reed Balentine | Alexander Street Documents". documents.alexanderstreet.com.
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