Claudia Quigley Murphy | |
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| Born | Claudia Quigley March 28, 1863 Toledo, Ohio |
| Died | October 2, 1941 (aged 78) Toledo, Ohio |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, suffragist, home economist, food historian, business consultant |
| Notable work | The Art of Tablesetting |
Claudia Quigley Murphy (1863-1941)[1] was an American journalist, home economist, food historian, business consultant, and suffragist.[2] She was included in the 1893 A Woman of the Century.
Early life and education edit
Murphy was born to Edward and Eliza (Sidley) Quigley in Toledo, Ohio, on March 28, 1863. She studied at Ursuline Convent of the Sacred Heart from the age of 5 until 1881. From 1881 she studied medicine with Elmina M. Roys Gavitt, but "her eyes gave out".[2]
Career edit
Around 1888 she began working as a journalist, becoming the Toledo correspondent for the Catholic Knight, a Cleveland newspaper, and then managing editor for the Michigan Catholic of Grand Rapids. She helped organize the Michigan Woman's Press Association. She worked as a staff writer for the Toledo Commercial and then as editor and publisher of the Woman's Recorder, which had a suffragist mission. In December of 1891 she was the Ohio president of the International Press League. She was active in the women's equality and suffrage movements.[1][2][3]
She became a home economist, advisory counsel, and business consultant.[4] She advised the Women's National Economic Committee.[4] She was a "lecturer on House Sanitation" at the University of Tennessee and wrote a regular column on the subject for Success magazine.[5]
Bibliography edit
- Murphy, Claudia Quigley (1921). The Art of Table Setting, Ancient and Modern. Westphalia Press. ISBN 978-1-63391-185-7.[6]
- How to Make the Best Preserves, Jellies and Marmalades
- A History of and Suggestions in the Making of Biscuits, Quick Breads and Cake
- Bread, the Vital Food: Illustrated with Plates on Copper from Authentic Sources, Including a Glossary of Bread Terms, Also a Selected List of General and Historical References to Bread
- A Collation of Cakes: Yesterday and Today (1923)
Personal life edit
In 1883 she married Michael H. Murphy.[2][7] They had a daughter, Helen, born in 1887. Murphy's husband died in 1913 and her daughter in 1917 at age 29. Murphy died October 2, 1941, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "The Library and Picture Collection of the Late Martin Woolf Orskey". issuu.com. Dominic Winter Auctioneers. 26 June 2019. p. 101. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ a b c d Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Gale Research Company.
- ^ Addams, Jane; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Harper, Ida Husted; Shaw, Anna Howard; Fawcett, Millicent Garrett; Pankhurst, Emmeline; Blackwell, Alice Stone (2018-03-21). The Women of the Suffrage Movement: Autobiographies & Biographies of the Most Influential Suffragettes. e-artnow. ISBN 978-80-272-4281-8.
- ^ a b Foley, Margaret (1920). "She Created Her Own Job: How Mrs. Claudia Quigley Murphy Became an "Economic Consultant"". The Green Book Magazine. Story-Press association.
- ^ Success Magazine. McGraw-Marden Company. 1907.
- ^ Papers and Proceedings. American Library Association. 1922.
- ^ a b "Claudia Quigley Murphy (1863-1941) buried in Woodlawn Cemetery located in Toledo, OH | People Legacy". peoplelegacy.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
Further reading edit
- The Corporation Trust Company's Federal Trade Commission Service: Docket of complaints; Stipulations. Corporation trust Company. 1926. p. 505.
- "Quigley v. Murphy, 4 Ohio N.P. 1 (1897)". cite.case.law. Retrieved 2022-12-31.