Emilie Bigelow Hapgood (1868 in Chicago[1]-February 15, 1930, in Rome)[2] was a theatrical producer in New York City, and was at one time the president of the Stage Society.[3][4] She founded the Circle For Negro War Relief in November 1917 during World War I, and led it for some time.[3][4] She herself was white.[5] She married Norman Hapgood in 1896; they were divorced in 1915.[4]Georgia Douglas Johnson wrote a poem titled "TO EMILIE BIGELOW HAPGOOD - PHILANTHROPIST", which Johnson included in Bronze: A Book of Verse, published in 1922.[6][7]
^Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, published 2013 by University of California Press; editors: Benjamin Griffin and Harriet E. Smith; associate editors: Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz and Leslie Diane Myrick; p. 509, "Explanatory notes: AD 7 June 1906"; 101.31: "Mrs. Hapgood's luncheon: Emilie Bigelow Hapgood (1868-1930), a family friend, was the daughter of a Chicago banker"