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Originally Posted by oldstuff
While the photo does not say if Mrs. Severance was in attendance for the balloon launch it does have a picture of Miss Mary Foy, # 2 in the picture. She was born in 1882 and died in 1962. She was Los Angeles' first woman librarian, and a suffragist. The home where she was born, grew up and lived throughout her life was Foy House, first at Seventh and Fig, then at 631-633 S. Witmer and finally ending up in Angeleno Heights at 1337 Carroll Avenue, where it stands today. It is the house where "Charmed" was filmed.
In looking at the two pictures, the women in the carriage and the women in the balloon, it appears that the woman who I took to possibly be Mrs. Severance was, in probability, Mary Foy. She was active in various women's activities in Los Angeles and lived to be 99 years old.
Also in the Balloon picture is #5 Clara Foltz (1839-1934) After her husband deserted her and her five children in 1876 she began studying law and became the first woman attorney on the West Coast. When she wanted to take the California Bar exam, the law only allowed white males to take the exam. She authored a bill in the state assembly to change the wording of the law to "Persons", thus allowing women to become attorneys. The current Los Angeles' Criminal Courts building is named for her. She pioneered the idea of public defenders and was also very active in suffrage causes.
The listing also adds "Mrs. Lafferty of Denver". Alma V. Short Lafferty was another woman who was very active in suffrage.
The hot air balloon event took place in 1911, working up to getting the suffrage amendment on the ballot that year. (it was passed in 1911)
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oldstuff
Caroline Maria Seymour Severance died in 1914 at age 94, so probably wasn't at the 1911 balloon launch.
e_r's
list with links (I couldn't find anything on Bryan):
#1 Mrs. Bryan,
Friday Morning Club
#2
Miss Mary Emily Foy (1862-1962)
#3
Mrs. Reitz,
Political Equality Club
#4
Mrs Alma V Short Lafferty of Denver
#5
Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849-1934), Pres.
Votes for Women
#6
Mrs. Ella Giles Ruddy (1851-1917), Pres.
California Press Club
The Shortridge Foltz link is to a good Cecilia Rasmussen article from LAT.
Besides being president of the Southern California Women's Press Club and a member of the Ebell Club, Ella Giles Ruddy also served as president of the woman's suffrage organizations the Political Equality League and the Equal Suffrage Association as well as the California Badger Club of Los Angeles and numerous others. In addition to several books, she wrote for LAT, the LA Herald, the Chicago Times, The New York Evening Post and Harper's, etc.
Giles Ruddy was great friends with Caroline Severance. This is Severance visiting Ruddy at home in her cottage at 2711 Wilshire Blvd
(Ruddy edited "Mother of Clubs, Caroline M. Seymour Severance, an Estimate and Appreciation"):
socalarchhistory
The cottage fell for the Bryson Apartments (Noonan and Kysor, 1912). The Ruddys moved to the Hershey Arms (John C. Austin, 1907) while their new home, designed by Irving Gill, went up at 241 N Western Ave:
socalarchhistory <-- photos at the link
In 1927 the home was moved to "1st St and Beverly". It is now missing.
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Very interesting t2. 
...and there it is!
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