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Eugénie M. Rayé Smith from the Times Union, July 10, 1914

Eugénie M. Rayé-Smith (1871 - July 9, 1914) was an American lawyer, educator and suffragist.

Eugénie Marie Rayé-Smith was born around 1871 and attended public school in New York City. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1899 and her master's degree in 1901 from New York University (NYU) where she studied law. She went on to teach the Woman's Law Class at NYU. She married Alexander G. Smith in 1906.

She served as the vice president of the Women Lawyers' Club in New York, which she helped to organize. Rayé-Smith was the first editor of the Women Lawyers Journal (WLJ), which was started in May 1911. As an advocate of women's suffrage, Rayé-Smith founded the Fortnightly Suffrage Club of Richmond Hill. She was well known for her suffrage songs and verses. In 1912, she published an expanded edition of the book, Equal Suffrage Song Sheaf, which included three new songs. This "second edition" was one of the most popular women's suffrage songsters.

Rayé-Smith died in her home on July 9, 1914, at the age of 43. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. The next year, the Fortnightly Suffrage Club held a memorial in her honor. The Women Lawyers Journal, nearly a decade after her death, praised Rayé-Smith for her work as editor, noting that her efforts helped grow the "meetingless club" of women lawyers.

References

  1. ^ "Eugenie Smith's Funeral Sunday". Times Union. 1914-07-10. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-01-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Highlighted Sheet Music Selections". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. Maxwell, W. J., ed. (1916). New York University General Alumni Catalogue. New York: New York University. p. 138.
  4. Lyon, C. C. (September 1914). "Careers for Girls". The Educational Times. 67 (641): 427–428.
  5. "Club Events, Past and Future". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1913-05-24. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-01-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Endres, Kathleen L.; Lueck, Therese L. (1996). Women's Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 490. ISBN 978-0-313-28632-2.
  7. "Long Island Clubs and Societies". Long Island Life. 1 (5): 10. August 1915 – via Google Books.
  8. "Mrs. Eugenie Smith, Law Teacher, Dies". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1914-07-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-01-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "New Edition of Suffrage Songs". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1912-11-27. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-01-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Sheet Music". Woman Suffrage Memorabilia. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. "Women Have Memorial". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1915-07-11. p. 62. Retrieved 2023-01-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Looking Backward Through the Journal". Women Lawyers' Journal. 11 (4): 25–26. May 1922 – via Google Books.

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