Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Hull, Elizabeth Abernathy |
Othernames |
Elizabeth Abernathy Hull |
Born |
01/04/1900 |
Birthplace |
Leavenworth, Kansas |
Titles & honors |
Ridgefield Garden Club Program Chair 1950-1951, President 1981-1983, Peter Parley Schoolhouse Chairman in the mid-1980's. During WWII, Elizabeth volunteered as a driver for the Motor Transport Service of the American Women's Voluntary Service. After the war she founded two organizations; in 1945, the Ridgefield Auxiliary of the Children's Services of Connecticut and in 1956 the Women's Town Club. |
Father |
Hull, Dr. Albert Gregory |
Mother |
Hull, Cora Abernathy |
Education |
Attended Mount Holyoke College |
Notes |
Ms. Hull moved to Ridgefield with her mother Cora in 1936. In her will, Elizabeth left two major bequests. The first, to the Nature Conservancy and the second to the Land Conservancy of Ridgefield. Other |
Occupation |
Ms. Hull was a committed environmentalist interested in recycling, and open space. She established and endowed the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award at the Garden Club of America. It recognizes one or more individuals "who, through working with children under sixteen years of age in horticulture and the environment has inspired their appreciation of the beauty and fragility of our planet." |
Publications |
Ridgefield Press 1992 interview where she expressed her opinion - Out with Politicians. Put women in the jobs. |
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2008.510.3001 - Print, Photographic
Al and Jeanne Timpanelli, Elizabeth Hull, Mary Luke, Priscilla Lee
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2009.300.3001 - Print, Photographic
American Women's Voluntary Service (AWVS) World War II. Presentation of the clock near St. Stephen's Church, Dec. 9, 1958.
Record Type: Archive
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