Genevieve Clark Thomson (November 30, 1894 – February 16, 1981[1]) was an American suffragist.
Genevieve Clark Thomson | |
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_-_Bain_News_Service_(cropped).jpg) Genevieve Clark, around 1912 | |
| Born | 30 November 1894 |
| Died | 16 February 1981 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, politician |
| Spouse | James M. Thomson (m. 1915–1959) |
Biography
Genevieve Clark was born to politician and Speaker of the House James Beauchamp ("Champ") Clark and Genevieve Bennett Clark[2] on November 30, 1894. She studied at the Friends' school in Washington, DC.[3] She met publisher James M. Thomson during the Baltimore convention where she was working for her father's presidential nomination and Thomson was covering the event.[4] They were married on June 30, 1915, in Bowling Green, Missouri. The whole state was invited.[5]
As a suffragist, Thomson was an advocate of temperance and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.[3] In 1913, she became a reporter in Washington.[6] In 1924, she announced her candidacy to fill H. Garland Dupre's Congressional seat on the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based about New Orleans, Louisiana.[7] She lost to J. Zach Spearing with Spearing earning 16,733 votes and Thomson 12,745.[8]
References
External links
Media related to Genevieve Clark Thomson at Wikimedia Commons- Genevieve Clark Thomson at Find a Grave
