Coman, Katharine (1857-1915)

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Jane Addams to Katharine Coman, February 18, 1908

Jane Addams to Katharine Coman, April 27, 1911

Jane Addams to Katharine Coman, May 27, 1911

Jane Addams to Katharine Coman, January 4, 1913

Jane Addams to Katharine Coman, January 14, 1913

Jane Addams to Katharine Coman, January 25, 1913

Jane Addams to Katharine Coman, March 23, 1913

Jane Addams to Nettie Fowler McCormick, December 28, 1910

Nettie Fowler McCormick to Jane Addams, December 29, 1910

Jane Addams to Seymour Coman, November 1, 1911

Suggestions for Advisory Committee Membership, Progressive Service Committee, January 28, 1913

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 30, 1913

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, June 1, 1920

Jane Addams to Katharine Lee Bates, May 9, 1922

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, [December 29, 1910] (fragment)

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, November 17, 1911

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, August 8, 1912

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, January 1, 1913

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, January 8, 1913

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, June 26, 1913

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, December 9, 1913

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Birth Date

1857-11-23

Death Date

1915-01-11

Birthplace

Newark, OH

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Katharine Coman was a social activist, historian and economist. After graduating from the University of Michigan, she began teaching at Wellesley College. Coman published several books including The Growth of the English Nation, History of England, and Industrial History of the United States.

Coman was in a "Boston marriage" with Katharine Lee Bates. Coman died of breast cancer in 1915.

The correspondences between Addams and Coman suggest a very close relationship. Coman was supportive of Jane Addams' and Addams praised Coman's literary undertakings. After her retirement from Wellesley College, Coman offered to work for the progressive party and requested Addams to find her a position in the party. Coman was offered to serve in the Social Insurance committee.