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Edna Fischel Gellhorn (1878 – 1970) was an American suffragist and reformer who helped found the League of Women Voters. [1] Early life. Edna Fischel Gellhorn was born on December 18, 1878, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Edna Fischel Gellhorn was a Missouri suffragist, reformer and philanthropist. Born in St. Louis in 1878, Gellhorn became involved in the Missouri suffrage campaign in 1910, serving in the St. Louis and Missouri Equal Suffrage Leagues and helping to organize suffrage demonstrations.
Region of Missouri: St. Louis. Categories: Leaders and Activists, Women. Edna Fischel Gellhorn was a suffragist, civic leader, and reformer who helped found the National League of Women Voters. She dedicated her life to helping and serving others through her work as a social and political activist.
BIOGRAPHY. Edna Fischel Gellhorn (Mrs. George), a St. Louis civic worker, was director of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, president of the St. Louis and Missouri League of Women Voters, and vice-president of the national League of Women Voters.
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Edna Fischel Gellhorn was born in St. Louis on December 18, 1878 to Dr. Washington E. and. Martha Ellis Fischel. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1900 with an AB degree. She married Dr. George Gellhorn in 1903. Dr. Gellhorn was an internationally known. obstetrician and gynecologist. He also taught at Washington University. They had four.
Name variations: Edna Fischel; Edna Fischel Gellhorn. Born Edna Fischel on Dec 18, 1878, in St. Louis, Missouri; died Sept 24, 1970, in St. Louis, Missouri; dau. of Washington Emil Fischel and Martha (Ellis) Fischel; m. George Gellhorn, Oct 21, 1903; children: 3 sons (b. 1904, 1906, 1913), 1 daughter (b. 1908).
Edna Fischel Gellhorn, a St. Louis civic leader and widow of Dr. George Gellhorn, internationally known gynecologist of the medical faculty of Washington University, was born in St. Louis December 18, 1878, and in her community betterment activities had followed in the steps of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Washington E. Fischel.
