Caroline Lexow

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.