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Katherine Reed Balentine (1878 – September 17, 1934) was an American suffragist and the founder of The Yellow Ribbon suffrage magazine.[1]

Suffrage work

This magazine was a statewide newspaper which promoted women's suffrage.[2] Reed was a leading figure in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA); in 1907, she was part of a NAWSA delegation which met with President Theodore Roosevelt. She led the Maine branch of NAWSA from 1916 – 1917.[3] In 1917 she was quoted as saying, "there is nothing radical about equal suffrage."[4]

The Yellow Ribbon

Katherine Reed Balentine founded The Yellow Ribbon magazine, a suffrage publication that was produced monthly.[2][5] The Yellow Ribbon magazine was later known as Western Woman.[6]

Personal life

Katherine Reed was born in 1878 in Portland, Maine to Susan P. Reed and Thomas Brackett Reed. Her father, Thomas, was in his first term as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st congressional district. He eventually became Speaker of the House and one of the most powerful men in the federal government.

Reed married Colonel Arthur Balentine in 1905.[4] He served on the staff of U.S. military commander John J. Pershing. After their marriage the couple moved to San Francisco.

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