11/08/1908 AD born
Born the daughter of Edna Fischel Gellhorn, a suffragist, and George Gellhorn, a German-born gynecologist.
Her father and maternal grandfather were Jewish, and her maternal grandmother came from a Protestant family.
Her brother Walter became a noted law professor at Columbia University, and her younger brother Alfred was an oncologist and dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
At age 7, Gellhorn participated in "The Golden Lane," a rally for women's suffrage at the Democratic Party's 1916 national convention in St. Louis. Women carrying yellow parasols and wearing yellow sashes lined both sides of a main street leading to the St. Louis Coliseum. A tableau of the states was in front of the Art Museum; states that had not enfranchised women were draped in black. Gellhorn and another girl, Mary Taussig, stood in front of the line, representing future voters.
Lattitude: 38.627° N
Longitude: 90.1994° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
