Marion Hepburn
| Marion Hepburn | |
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| Born | April 24, 1918 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 💀Died | August 1, 1986 (aged 68) Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S.August 1, 1986 (aged 68) |
| Burial place | Cedar Hill Cemetery |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Bennington College |
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| 👩 Spouse(s) | Ellsworth S. Grant (m. 1939) |
| 👶 Children | 3, including Katharine Houghton |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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| Family | See Houghton family |
Marion Houghton Grant (née Hepburn; April 24, 1918 – August 1, 1986) was an American historian, writer, and activist. She was the daughter of feminist Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn and the sister of actress Katharine Hepburn. Her daughter and granddaughter, Katharine Houghton and Schuyler Grant, are actresses.
Early life
Marion Houghton Hepburn was born on April 24, 1918, in Hartford, Connecticut, as the second daughter and fifth child of the six children of Katharine Martha Houghton and Thomas Naval Hepburn.[1] She had three older brothers, Thomas Houghton, Richard Houghton, and Robert Houghton Hepburn, and two sisters, Katharine Houghton, and Margaret Houghton Hepburn.[1] Her sister, Katharine, was a four-time Oscar winner movie star, and her cousin, Alice Tully, was a philanthropist.[2] Hepburn was raised in Hartford, attending private education, and spent time at summer school in Fenwick.[2] She also loved to travel abroad and spent her time twice during the summer at a South Carolina plantation along with novelist Julia Peterkin, and specialized in the African-American experience.[2] After graduating from Oxford School in West Hartford, she went to Bennington College and majored in creative writing and studied labor, government and sociology.[2]
Personal life
Hepburn was passionate about social issues, promoting justice, and democracy, but considered the main purpose of her life getting married.[2] She met her idol, Ellsworth Strong Grant—a historian and future mayor of West Hartford who was graduated from Kingswood School and Harvard—during a dance party and later became his girlfriend.[2][3][4]
They were engaged at Hepburn's parents' home on February 2, 1939, and married a week after graduation.[3][2] The couple spent their time engaged in community activity, writing, and studying history.[2]
They had two sons, John, a writer, and Toby Grant, a student, and a daughter, Katharine Houghton, an actress.[5][6]
Marion preceded her husband in death and Grant remarried to Virginia Tuttle, remaining with her until her death in 2012. Grant died in 2013 at the age of 95.[4] Her son, Toby, died in 2010.[7]
Career
Hepburn started her career at the age of 17 by working at the Hull House Chicago and worked for the United Federal Workers of America two years later.[2] She was the co-founder of the Urban League of Hartford and served as President of the Junior League as well as President of the Women's Association of her church.[2] She also wrote three books about the history of Hartford, Saybrook, and Fenwick.[2] In 1971, Hepburn published a book about the influential inhabitants of Fenwick in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the borough.[2]
Death
Hepburn died in her sleep at her seaside summer residence in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, on August 1, 1986, due to a heart attack at the age of 68.[5][4] Hepburn was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 [email protected] (2013-05-12). "Looking Back: Marion Hepburn Grant, a woman of substance". CT Insider. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Marriage of Hepburn / Grant". Mount Vernon Argus. 1939-02-02. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Courant, Hartford (2013-03-14). "Ellsworth Grant, Former West Hartford Mayor and State Historian, Dies At 95". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Marion Hepburn Grant Dies; Wrote Books on Connecticut". Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Marion Hepburn Grant, a prominent Connecticut historian and a... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ↑ "Toby Grant Obituary (1950-2010) - Eugene, OR - Eugene Register-Guard". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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