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Colonial Dames of America

Colonial Dames of America

Nonprofit organization

Not to be confused with The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America or National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.

The Colonial Dames of America (CDA) is an American organization comprising women who descend from one or more ancestors who lived in British North America between 1607 and 1775, and who aided the colonies in public office, in military service, or in another acceptable capacity. The CDA is listed as an approved lineage society with the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.

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The National Headquarters is at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in New York City, which was purchased by the CDA in 1924.

History

National Headquarters at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in New York City

The organization was founded in 1890, shortly before the founding of two similar societies, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the Daughters of the American Revolution. In April 1890, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer (Maria Denning Van Rensselaer), Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, and Mrs. Archibald Gracie King decided to found a patriotic society of women descended from Colonial ancestry.[1]

The original CDA insignia was designed by Tiffany & Co.[1]

Notable members

References

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    https://cda1890.org/aboutcda/
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    Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. Retrieved 8 August 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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    "Dictionary of Virginia Biography - Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman Biography". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
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    Woodward, Walt (22 November 2021). "A Formidable Founding – The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Connecticut". Today in Connecticut History. Office of the Connecticut State Historian. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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    Johnson, Anne (1914). Notable women of St. Louis, 1914. St. Louis, Woodward. p. 166. Retrieved 17 August 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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