Chase Going Woodhouse
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| Baltic resident, U.S. Congresswoman, Secretary of the State, charter commissioner of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women.
Woodhouse was born March 3, 1890 in Victoria , British Columbia . She received her B.A. and M.A. from McGill University and an LL.D. from Alfred University ; she also did graduate work at the University of Chicago and at universities in Germany , England , and France .
In addition to positions as professor of economics at Smith College , Connecticut College for Women, and other academic institutions, Chase Going Woodhouse served as an economic advisor and elected official in a variety of government positions. She served one term as Connecticut 's Secretary of State and two terms as its second district representative to the U.S. Congress. As Senior Economist for the Bureau of Home Economics in Washington , she lectured in every state of the country. Her many other leadership positions included heading the Institute of Women's Professional Relations, the Connecticut Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs, the International Association of University Women, the Connecticut League of Women Voters, the Auerbach Service Bureau, and the Connecticut War Labor Board. She was also a member of the Founders Committee of the University of Hartford . While serving as a fellow in political economics at the University of Chicago , Chase met and married a professor of government, Edward Woodhouse. They had two children, Noel and Margaret. As a child Noel was quoted as saying, Dad talks about Thomas Jefferson, Mother about better jobs for women. In fact, throughout her life Woodhouse stressed the need for women to participate fully in a nation's civic and economic life. She took this message beyond the United States to Mexico , where she organized the first Business and Professional Women's Club, and Germany , where she organized the Woman's Division of the U.S. military government. Still active in her eighties, Woodhouse would commute from her home in Baltic to her Hartford office daily. In 1973 she was named to the newly formed Permanent Commision on the Status of Women as a charter commissioner. Her many writings include several books, journal articles, and reports which have left a lasting impact on Connecticut civic life. | |||||||||||
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