Genevieve Clark Thomson | |
---|---|
Born | 30 November 1894 |
Died | 16 February 1981 | (aged 86)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, politician |
Spouse |
James M. Thomson
(
m. 1915–1959) |
Genevieve Clark Thomson (November 30, 1894 – February 16, 1981 [1]) was an American suffragist.
Genevieve Clark was born to politician and Speaker of the House James Beauchamp ("Champ") Clark and Genevieve Bennett Clark [2] on November 30, 1894. She studied at the Friends' school in Washington, DC. [3] She met publisher James M. Thomson during the Baltimore convention where she was working for her father's presidential nomination and Thomson was covering the event. [4] They were married on June 30, 1915, in Bowling Green, Missouri. The whole state was invited. [5]
As a suffragist, Thomson was an advocate of temperance and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. [3] In 1913, she became a reporter in Washington. [6] In 1924, she announced her candidacy to fill H. Garland Dupre's Congressional seat on the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based about New Orleans, Louisiana. [7] She lost to J. Zach Spearing with Spearing earning 16,733 votes and Thomson 12,745. [8]