Caroline Lexow Babcock at the Stafford residence, Port Chester
Caroline Lexow Babcock is on the right, with another suffragist. A native of South Nyack, Caroline was known throughout New York State for her efforts in organizing women.
Caroline Lexow Babcock
Caroline Lexow Babcock sits on a porch of a house that has a tree-filled yard. She is sitting in a straight chair and is wearing a skirt and cardigan. The sweater has large buttons and is embroidered across the yoke. Mrs. Babcock was one of the leading proponents of women's suffrage in Rockland County.
Telegram from Philip W. Babcock to his wife
Western Union delivered this message to Caroline Lexow Babcock at 238 High Avenue in Nyack: "To honor the cause I carried the signatures and the president's message I vote for suffrafe (sic) election day. P. W. Babcock." Later, Caroline wrote beneath the printed message: "Telegram announcing PW's decision to vote for the suffrage amendment, which he had opposed. The amendment carried."
Caroline Lexow of Nyack
Caroline Lexow, in 1914, when she was serving as field secretary of the Women's Political Union.
Lexow Family Home
This large house at 298 Piermont Avenue in South Nyack was the home of the Clarence and Katherine Ferris Lexow family. Several of the children were born here. The lower story was stone, the second shingled in part and half-timbered in part. There is a round tower on the left and two large chimneys in the front and back. The house became the center of the women's suffrage movement in Rockland County.
Caroline Lexow
Caroline Lexow (later Babcock) was seven or eight years old when she posed for this picture. She is wearing a stylish long coat with velvet collarand lapels and ankle high buttoned boots. Her hands on tucked into a fur muff and her large hat is topped with a swirl of feathers. The setting behind her is a back-drop in a photographer's studio. Caroline was born into a family of lawyers, politicians and publishers. She showed an interest in women's rights as a child and later supported women's suffrage, the peace movement, and the equal rights amendment.
Katharine Morton Ferris Lexow
Katharine Ferris was the daughter of Warren and Jeanne Ferris of New York City. Ferris Lane in Upper Grand View is named for the family who had real estate holdings in Rockland County. Katharine married Clarence Lexow in 1881. They moved to South Nyack in 1883, where Katharine was active in literary and philanthropic societies. She was the mother of Rockland County suffragist Caroline Lexow Babcock.
Clarence Lexow
A bearded Clarence Lexow faces the artist. The son of a German immigrant, he became a lawyer and Republican State Senator. This is a photo of a lithograph.
Suffragists at the Stafford residence, Port Chester, NY
Five women stand in front of a house in 1915. Their common cause was voting rights for women. In the center is Caroline Lexow, one of Rockland County's leaders in the the suffrage movement.
Caroline Lexow Babcock Speaks at Buffalo, NY
As field secretary of the Women's Political Union, Caroline Lexow Babcock traveled from Albany to Buffalo and along the Southern Tier to organize units in communities where the New York State Woman Suffrage Association had not yet organized. The young woman from South Nyack became well known as an organizer and a suffragette.