Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Pitman (Almira Hollander), of Brookline, Mass., elected a life member 19 June 1923, was born in Boston, Mass., 11 May 1854, the daughter of Jacob Louis and Maria Theresa (Baldwin) Hollander, and died at Brookline 17 December 1939.
Her father, Jacob Louis Hollander (son of M. L. and Blumie (Trefman) Hollander), was born in what is now Germany in 1810, and died at Somerville, Mass., 1 September 1894. Her mother, Maria Theresa Baldwin, was born in New York City 7 February 1820 and died at Somerville 30 July 1885, daughter of Charles North and Maria (Smith) Baldwin. Miss Hollander attended the public schools of Somerville and was graduated from the Somerville High School in 1873.
She was married 30 September 1875 to Benjamin Franklin Pitman (Keola-o- Kelani, Prince of Hilo), a member of the firm of L. P. Hollander Company of Boston and New York City, who was born at Hilo, Hawaii, 19 August 1852, and died at Marion, Mass., 30 June 1918, son of Benjamin Pitman and his wife, Kenooli Hoohilu, Princess of Hilo.
Mrs. Pitman was well-known as an organizer and executive, and her talent was constantly used in raising money for philanthropic and educational organizations, among which were the New England Hospital for Women and Children, the Massachusetts Women's Suffrage Association, and the League of Women Voters.
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