Kate Waller Barrett
Kate Waller Barrett | |
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| Born | Katherine Harwood Waller January 24, 1857 Falmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | February 23, 1925 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Aquia Church, Stafford, Virginia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Women's Medical College of Georgia |
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Robert South Barrett
(m. 1876; died 1896) |
Kate Waller Barrett (January 24, 1857 – February 23, 1925), née Katherine Harwood Waller, was a prominent Virginia physician, humanitarian, philanthropist, sociologist and social reformer, best known for her leadership of the National Florence Crittenton Mission, which she founded in 1895 with Charles Nelson Crittenton. Her causes included helping the "outcast woman, the mistreated prisoner, those lacking in educational and social opportunity, the voteless woman, and the disabled war veteran." Although comparatively little known today, she was "[o]ne of the most prominent women of her time".