Title	Cornelia McKay
Owning Institution	Indiana Historical Society
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Item ID	M1078_P_BOX7_FOLDER02_001
Description	Cornelia McKay, shown here at about 18 years of age, was one of three daughters of Martha Nicholson McKay (1843-1934). Martha Nicholson McKay was born to Valentine and Jane Wales Nicholson in Harveysburg, Ohio. She grew up in a Hicksite Quaker and abolitionist household and attended Ohio Female College from 1859-1861. In 1864, she married Horace McKay, and soon after, she traveled to Tennessee in order to care for her husband, who was ill, and assist him in his administrative duties while he was Captain of the 15th U.S. Colored Troops. Martha had three children, Mary Louise, Cornelia, and Helen. When the family moved to Indianapolis, Martha joined the Association for the Advancement of Women and was also a founding member of the Indianapolis Woman's Club. Martha was a prolific writer and had essays published for the Social Science Association. She also wrote two small books, Literary Clubs of Indiana and When the Tide Turned in the Civil War.
Subject	Portraits Woman Young women Dresses
Creator	Lacey, Indianapolis
Date	ca. 1888
Time Period	1880s (1880-1889)
Geographic Location	Indiana--Marion County--Indianapolis
Source Collection Name	Brandt and Helen McKay Steele
Source Collection Number	M1078
Digital Collection Name	Art and Artists of Indiana
Digital Collection Number	dc103
Format of Original	Photographic print, b&w
Digital Format	JP2000
Resolution	600 ppi
Type	Image
Copyright Notice	Digital Image 2018 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
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