The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-19
MISS Hill Wed
SECRETLY ON
SUFFRAGE TOUR
News of Ceremony in
Chicago Christmas Eve
Just Announced Here.

Miss Elsie Hill. chairman of tn.
executive committee OF the Nation.
al Woman's party, and one of the
best-known active suffrage leaders
Of the country, was secretly" mar
ried in Chicago December "a to Al.
bert Levitt, professor of law al
the University of North Dakota.
Miss Hills relatives and close in.
Inmates in the work of the National
Woman's party. in their headquar.
ters on Capitol Hill, have known
since Christmas of the wedding.
Miss Hill, who is a graduate OF
Vasssr. comes from Norwalk. Conn,
and is a daughter of the late Rep.
resentative Ebenezer ]. Hill. for 81
years a member of the House OF
Representatives. She met Prof
Levitt last March while he was In
Washington as assistant professor
ef law at George Washington Uni
versity. when he offered to give
500 for the suffrage cause "in
honor of Woodrow Wilson Al
that time he was assisting the lead
ers of the wonian's party in the
framing Of prospective legislation.
To Remain .Miss HILL"
Miss Hill will not change her
Christian or maiden name as a re-
suit of having become the wife OF
Professor Levitt. A number OF
artists. authors, actresses,
suffrage leaders and pthers-have
elected to retain their Christian or
family names. and Miss Hill. in re-
ply to question admitted last
night that she had decided to keep
her maiden name.
Chrystal Eastman, of New York
Is a suffrage leader who has done
likewise. Prof Levitt has re-
mained in North Dakota where his
university duties will hold his at
tertion until June. Miss Hill. as
chairman of the executive commit
tee OF the National Woman's Party
which is now carrying forward a
campaign for the adoption of State
constitutional amendments for the
procurement of equal rights for
women. under all State laws, will
be held in Washington util June
by her present duties. After tina,
she and her husband will make
their summer home at Reading,
Conn.
The marriage became known fol-
lowing a meeting yesterday al
headquarters of the National
Woman's party of members Of the
executive committee
Miss Hill has served actively as
picket in Washington and in New
York, and visited nearly every State
in the campaign which forced the
adoption of the Nineteenth Amend
ment to the, Federal Constitution.
Arrested rs Picketer.
In connection with her picket
ing" of the White House during
the term Of President Wilson. Miss
Hill was arrested and served time
in the District OF Columbia jail
She also participated in the picket.
ing of Woodrow Wilson in New
York when he sailed for Europe
the demonstration on that occasion
having been in protest against hi.
attitude toward the pending Con-
stitutional suffrage amendment
Prior to 1912 she was presiden,
OF the District of Columbia branch
of the College Women's Suffrage
League. Since 1912 she has been
actively identified with the cam
paigns first of the Congressional
Union and later with the National
Woman's party.
Prof. Levitt Is a native of Mary
land, a Phil Delta Kappa fraternity
man and a Columbia graduate.
After receiving his bachelor of arts
degree at Columbia he took the
bachelor of laws degree at Harvard
Law School, then became a post
graduate student of sociology and
politics at Columbia, won the de-
gree of bachelor of divinity at the
Meadville Theological Seminary
Before entering the Meadville
Theological Seminary he served in
the Philippines in the hospital
corps of the United States army,
and in 1914 was in the service
of the Standard' Oil Company in
India. following which he served in
the French army hospital corps