Elizabeth Hawley Everett

Elizabeth Hawley Everett (née, Hawley; after first marriage, Bowen; after second marriage, Everett; August 23, 1857 – September 6, 1940) was an American clubwoman, suffragist, and author. She served as a school principal and a superintendent of schools, and later, was a newspaper founder and editor. She published Hawley and Nason ancestry including the following contributory lines: Welles, Hollister, Treat, Boothe, Thompson, Caldwell, Staples, Tetherly, Coffin, Greenleaf, Brocklebank, Bartlett, Heard, McLellan, Patterson in 1929.

Elizabeth Hawley Everett
Superintendent of schools,
Highland Park, Illinois
In office
1894–1898
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Caldwell Wilkey Hawley

August 23, 1857
Pekin, Illinois, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1940
Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.
Resting placeWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Spouses
  • James Albert Bowen
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    (m. 1881; div. 1885)​
  • Francis Dennison Everett
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    ​
    (m. 1899; died 1937)​
ChildrenGeorge Hawley Bowen
Parents
  • William Caldwell Hawley
  • Mary Shuah (Nason) Hawley
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska
Occupation
  • clubwoman
  • suffragist
  • author
  • newspaper founder, editor
  • school principal
  • superintendent of schools

Early life and education

Elizabeth Caldwell Wilkey Hawley was born in Pekin, Illinois, August 23, 1857. Her parents were William Caldwell Hawley (1830-1918) and Mary Shuah (Nason) Hawley (1829-1909).[1] Her siblings were: Martha Nason, William Norman, George Appleton, Gideon Leonard, and Nathaniel Nason.[2]

She was educated in the schools of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, including the Mt. Pleasant Ladies' Seminary. She also attended the University of Nebraska.[1]

Career

She served as principal of the Everett and Prescott Schools of Lincoln, Nebraska, 1887–94. In 1894–98, she was the superintendent of schools of Highland Park, Illinois. Everett was also active in Bible school work.[1]

For fifteen years, she stood for equal suffrage and spoke for it frequently. She was a member of the American Com. YWCA, 1901–06; vice-president, Highland Park Public Library Board, and was a member of the board from 1904; recording secretary, Illinois Equal Suffrage Association; president, Ossoli Club of Highland Park, 1900–02; vice-president, Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, 1906–08; president, Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, 1908–10; General Federation of Women's Clubs (secretary, Illinois), 1910–12.[1]

Illinois Club Bulletin, Oct. 1909, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Everett founded the Illinois Club Bulletin in 1909, as the official organ of the board of directors of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs,[3] and edited it three years.[1]

She was the author of Hawley and Nason ancestry including the following contributory lines: Welles, Hollister, Treat, Boothe, Thompson, Caldwell, Staples, Tetherly, Coffin, Greenleaf, Brocklebank, Bartlett, Heard, McLellan, Patterson. (Chicago, R.F. Seymour, 1929)[4]

Personal life

She was twice married. First, on September 13, 1881, at Lincoln, Nebraska, she married James Albert Bowen (b. 1849); they divorced in 1885. Their only child was George Hawley Bowen (1882-1926).[1][2][5] Second, on March 2, 1899, she married Francis Dennison Everett (1839-1937),[6] a businessman of Chicago.[7]

In religion, she was Presbyterian.[1]

Death and legacy

Elizabeth Hawley Everett died September 6, 1940,[8] at Highland Park, Illinois, and was buried at Hawley Plot, Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]

Her stories, records, and reflections were posthumously gathered in The olden time : stories for Betty, by Elizabeth Hawley Everett, Amanda Carson Bank, and Diane Banks (Philadelphia : Xlibris, 2005).[9]

Selected works
  • Hawley and Nason ancestry including the following contributory lines: Welles, Hollister, Treat, Boothe, Thompson, Caldwell, Staples, Tetherly, Coffin, Greenleaf, Brocklebank, Bartlett, Heard, McLellan, Patterson., 1929

References
  1. Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America (Public domain ed.). American Commonwealth Company. p. 280. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Everett, Elizabeth Hawley (1929). Hawley and Nason ancestry, including the following contributory lines: Welles, Hollister, Treat, Boothe, Thompson, Caldwell, Staples, Tetherly, Coffin, Greenleaf, Brocklebank, Bartlett, Heard, McLellan, Patterson. Chicago: R.F. Seymour. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. Everett, Mrs. Francis D. (1909). "What the State Federations are Doing. Illinois. By Mrs. Francis D. Everett". The Federation Bulletin (Public domain ed.). Illinois State Association of Graduade Nurses. 6–7: 109. Retrieved 22 December 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. The Magazine of American Genealogy. Vol. 22–27. Institute of American Genealogy. 1932. p. 1641.
  5. "Word has been received". The Nebraska State Journal. 14 January 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 22 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Marriage licenses have been granted". The Nebraska State Journal. 3 March 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 22 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Mrs. Elizabeth Hawley Bowen was married". Lincoln Journal Star. 3 March 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 22 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Everett, Elizabeth Hawley, 1857-1940". snaccooperative.org. Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. Hawley, Elizabeth (4 October 2005). The Olden Time: Stories for Betty. ISBN 978-1-4691-1106-3. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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