Tennessee Celeste Claflin
- Tennessee Celeste Claflin
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Biography
With her sister she started the investment firm of Woodhull, Claflin, & Company. The firm was rumored to have been backed by Cornelius Vanderbilt. Claflin is believed to have been his mistress.[ During the 1870s she was a flamboyant proponent of women's rights with her sister Victoria Woodhull. Tennessee ran for Congress in the state of New York. She held the controversial belief that women could serve in the military and was elected Colonel of a "colored" National Guard Regiment. ]On October 15 1885, she married Francis Cook, Viscount of Montserrat, Portugal. Within months of their marriage, Cook was made a Baronet by Queen Victoria and Claflin became known as Lady Tennessee Cook, Viscountess of Montserrat.
She died on January 18 1923 in England. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Lady Cook Dies in London at 77. Former Tennie C. Claflin Was Spiritualist and Suffragist Here 50 Years Ago. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D14FC395516738DDDA90A94D9405B838EF1D3 |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=January 20 1923 |accessdate=2008-06-27 ]
Legacy
Together with her sister, Victoria Woodhull, Claflin was portrayed in two musicals, "Winner Take All" (1976) and "Onward Victoria" (1980).
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