Eunice Dana Brannan

Eunice Dana Brannan (August 27, 1854 - November 14, 1936) was a feminist activist and a prominent figure in the suffragist movement in New York City. She played an important role in organizing picketings at the White House in protest of president Woodrow Wilson's refusal to support women's suffrage. Early life Eunice Dana Brannan was born to Charles A. Dana and Eunice Macdaniel on August 27, 1854 in Westport, Connecticut. She was the youngest of their four children. Charles Dana and Eunice Macdaniel met when they were both living on the Brook Farm Association, an experiment in communal living. After their marriage in 1846 they moved to New York where Charles Dana would become founder of the New York Sun. In 1882, Brennan married Dr. John Winters Brannan who was a physician and president of the Board of Trustees at Bellvue Hospital. They had three children and their daughter would follow Brennan in joining the women's rights movement. Activism In the 1980s, Brannan traveled to England where she gained an appreciation for the public soapbox form of activism used by women's rights activists in the UK.