Blanche
Ames was
born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1878. Her father was General Adelbert
Ames,
a union officer during the American Civil
War, and later, Governor of Mississippi. Her mother, Blanche Butler,
was the daughter of Benjamin Butler,
the Governor of Massachusetts and unsuccessful presidential candidate
in 1884 against Grover Cleveland.
Blanche attended Smith College where she became active in the Massachusetts
Suffrage Association. A talented artist, she worked as art editor
for the Woman's Journal. Her
political cartoons in favour of women's
suffrage also appeared in the Boston
Transcript.
Blanche, who married Oakes Ames (no relation), a botany professor
at Harvard University, and had five children.
Blanche Ames died in 1969.
Blanche Ames, Boston Transcript (1915)
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