Tennessee Celeste Claflin
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| Born | October 26, 1844 Homer, Ohio, United States |
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| Other names | Tennie |
| Title | Lady Cook, Viscountess of Montserrat |
| Relatives | Victoria Woodhull |
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Tennessee Celeste Claflin (October 26, 1844 – January 18, 1923), also known as Tennie C., was an American suffragist best known as one of the first women to open a Wall Street brokerage firm. She was an advocate of legalized prostitution.[1]
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Biography
Personal
On October 15, 1885, Claflin married Francis Cook, Viscount of Montserrat, Portugal. Within months of their marriage, Queen Victoria created a Cook Baronetcy. As the wife of an English Baronet, Claflin would thereafter have been correctly styled "Lady Cook, Viscountess of Montserrat."
Career
With her sister she started the investment firm of Woodhull, Claflin, & Company. The firm was rumored to have been backed by Cornelius Vanderbilt. Claflin is believed to have been his mistress.[1]
During the 1870s she was a flamboyant proponent of women's rights with her sister Victoria Woodhull. Tennessee ran for Congress in the state of New York. She held the controversial belief that women could serve in the military and was elected Colonel of a "colored" National Guard Regiment.
Death and legacy
She died on January 18, 1923 in England.[2]
Together with her sister, Victoria Woodhull, Claflin has been portrayed in two musicals, Winner Take All (1976) and Onward Victoria (1980) and in J.D. Christilian's novel "Scarlet Women" (1996).
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