Katharine Benedicta Trotter Claypole

Katharine Benedicta Trotter Claypole (1846 – 6 October 1901) was a British born American suffragist and author. She was secretary of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association and a collaborator in the work of her husband, naturalist and geologist Edward W. Claypole. Katharine Claypole was described as 'the founder... of organized woman's work' at Buchtel College (now the University of Akron).

Katharine Benedicta Trotter Claypole
Born
Kate Benedicta Trotter

1846
Chepstow, Wales
Died6 October 1901
Pasadena, California, US
Occupation(s)Suffragist, author
Organization(s)Ohio Woman Suffrage Association; Akron Women's Council; National American Woman Suffrage Association
SpouseEdward Waller Claypole
ChildrenEdith Claypole, Agnes Claypole Moody (stepdaughters)
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