Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Politician

Cornelia "Nellie" Cole Fairbanks (January 1852 – October 24, 1913) was the wife of Charles W. Fairbanks, who served as the 26th Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909. During her husband's tenure she held the unofficial position of the Second Lady of the United States. She was at the forefront of the women's suffrage movement and considered a pathfinder to politics for American women in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Cornelia Cole Fairbanks
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1852
Birth place
Marysville Ohio
Religion
Methodist Episcopal Church
Date of deathOctober 24, 1913
Place of death
Indianapolis
Education
Ohio Wesleyan Female College
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