Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn

Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (February 2, 1878 – March 17, 1951) was an American feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage movement in the United States. Hepburn served as president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association before joining the National Woman's Party. Alongside Margaret Sanger, Hepburn co-founded the organization that would become Planned Parenthood. She was the mother of Academy Award winning actress Katharine Hepburn.

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Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
Alias (AKA)Katharine Houghton Hepburn Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn
Birth dateFebruary 02, 1878
Birth nameKatharine Martha Houghton
Birth place
Buffalo New York , Corning (city) New York , New York
Religion
Atheism
Date of deathMarch 17, 1951
Place of death
Connecticut , West Hartford Connecticut
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