Alice Barbee Castleman

Alice Barbee Castleman (née Barbee; December 5, 1843 – February 5, 1926) was an American social leader, philanthropist, and suffragist.[1] She was known throughout the country for her activities in political and civic endeavors.[2]

Alice Barbee Castleman
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"A Woman of the Century"
Born
Alice Osmond Barbee

December 5, 1843
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedFebruary 5, 1926
Eau Gallie, Florida, U.S.
Resting placeCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville
Occupation(s)Social leader, philanthropist, and suffragist
Spouse
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(m. 1868; died 1918)​
Children5
Parent
RelativesJohn Nicholas Galleher (brother-in-law)

Early life and education

Alice Osmond Barbee was born in Louisville, Kentucky, December 5, 1843. She was the daughter of former Louisville mayor, John Barbee, and Eliza (Kane) Barbee.[3] Her father and mother were native Kentuckians and were numbered among the early pioneers. She was their oldest daughter.[1] Alice's sister, Lottie, married John Nicholas Galleher, who became the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana.[4]

She was educated in the East.[1]

Career

Although she was a social leader, she made time for charitable work and was a philanthropist in the broadest sense. Always on the alert to advance the cause of woman, she was progressive, cultured and liberal in her views. She was president of the board of the Louisville Training School for Nurses. She was a prominent member of the Woman's Club, a member of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Board of Missions, Foreign and Domestic, and a member of the National Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition. She was active in the affairs of the Filson Club of Louisville.[1]

Castleman and her husband were early supporters of the suffrage movement. She was the first vice president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association in 1910, and 1911. Gen. Castleman supported his wife financially and emotionally in her battle to secure voting rights for all women at a time when it was unpopular, even dangerous, to do so. According to National American Woman Suffrage Association records, Mrs. Castleman was a delegate for the Kentucky Equal Rights Association when they were lobbying for the passage of what became known as the "Susan B. Anthony Amendment" during the 65th and 66th sessions of Congress.[5]

She was one of 17 women who were elected as delegates to the 1920 Democratic National Convention at San Francisco when James M. Cox was nominated for President.[4]

Personal life

She married Gen. John Breckinridge Castleman on November 24, 1868. They had five children, three sons and two daughters:[1] David C. Castleman (1870-1911), Elise Kane. Castleman (1871-1938), Breckenridge Castleman (1874-1912), Kenneth Galleher Castleman (1876-1954), and Alice Barbee Castleman (1877-1949).[6][7] From 1891 till 1907, she made her home at 1321 South Fourth Street, Louisville.[8]

In religion, she was an Episcopalian and a member of Christ Church, of Louisville.[1]

Alice Barbee Castleman died February 5, 1926,[9] at her winter home in Eau Gallie, Florida.[10] Burial was at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.[4][11]

References
  1. Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "CASTLEMAN, Mrs. Alice Barbee". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 161. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Woman Leader Dies in Florida". The Lexington Herald. 7 February 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Louisville, KY". www.topslouisville.com. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. "Mrs. Alice Barbee Castleman Dies. Widow of Faous Confederate Soldier Succumbs While in Florida; Will Be Buried at Louisville". Lexington Herald-Leader. 6 February 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Hollingsworth, Randolph. "Women Who Took Part in Convention Suffrage Fight". H Kentucky.
  6. "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. Johnson, E. Polk (1912). A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 947. Retrieved 24 August 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. "1321 South Fourth Street (Alice Barbee Castleman) · Progressive Women of Old Louisville Online Tour · The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects". filsonhistorical.omeka.net. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  9. "Obit, Alice Barbee Castleman, died February 5, 1926". The Courier-Journal. 16 February 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. "Obit, Alice Barbee Castleman. Died 5 Feb 1926, Eau Gallie, Florida". The Courier-Journal. 6 February 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  11. "Thank a Suffragist". kentuckywomansuffrageproject.org. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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