death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor religion children birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
24 october 1913 indianapolis , indiana edith roosevelt marysville , ohio , united states carrie babcock sherman methodist episcopal adelaide , robert , richard , frederick , warren january 1852 second lady of the united states march 4 , 1905 charles w. fairbanks fairbanks 4408868314 de2f1cd85b o.jpg cornelia cole fairbanks
 march 4 , 1909 cornelia cole fairbanks ohio wesleyan female college
cornelia cole fairbanks

cornelia `` nellie '' cole fairbanks -lrb- january 1852 -- october 24 , 1913 -rrb- was the wife of charles w. fairbanks , who served as the 26th vice president of the united states from 1905 to 1909 .
during her husband 's tenure she held the unofficial position of the second lady of the united states .
she was at the forefront of the women 's suffrage movement and considered a pathfinder to politics for american women in the 20th and 21st centuries .
