Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn

Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
Born	Katharine Martha Houghton (1878-02-02)February 2, 1878 Buffalo, New York, US
Died	March 17, 1951(1951-03-17) (aged 73) West Hartford, Connecticut, US
Education	Radcliffe College
Alma mater	Bryn Mawr College
Occupation	Activist
Known for	Mother and namesake of Katharine Hepburn
Spouse	Thomas Norval Hepburn ​ ​ (m. 1904)​
Children	6, including Katharine Hepburn
Relatives	See Houghton family

Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (February 2, 1878 – March 17, 1951) was an American feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage movement in the United States. Hepburn served as president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association before joining the National Woman's Party.^[1] In 1923 Hepburn formed the Connecticut Branch of the American Birth Control League with two of her friends, Mrs. George Day and Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett. She was the mother and namesake of actress Katharine Hepburn and the grandmother and namesake of actress Katharine Houghton.