Ellen Martin Henrotin
Ellen Martin Henrotin was a wealthy American society matron, labor reform activist, club leader and social reformer affiliated with social welfare and suffrage movements.Early years and education
Henrotin was born on 6 July 1847 in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Edward Byam and Sarah Ellen Martin, and the second of six children. During her youth, she lived in England, and attended schools in London, Paris, and Dresden, 1860–68. Returning to the US in 1868, she married Charles Henrotin, one of the founders of the Chicago Stock Exchange, on September 2, 1869 in Chicago. Their children were Edward Clement, Charles Martin, and Morris Bates.Career
She served as Vice President of the Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; President of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1894-98; President of Fortnightly Club of Chicago; as well as Trustee, University of Illinois, 1912–17. She was decorated by the Sultan of Turkey with the order of the Chefakat, 1893; made an Officier de 1'Académie by the French Republic, 1899; decorated by Leopold II, Chevalier de l'Ordre de Léopold, 1904. She was a member of the Friday Club; Chicago Woman's Club; and Woman's City Club.
Henrotin lived at 1215 Madison Avenue, in New York City. She died on 29 June 1922 in Cherry Plain, New York.
