Annie Middleton Leakin Sioussat (Mrs. Albert) (1856-1942)
Annie Middleton Leakin Sioussat, born in 1856 in Georgetown, D.C., was a historian, author, and reformer. Her book Old Manors in the Colony of Maryland (1913) traced the establishment of wealthy estates in Maryland on indigenous lands, while in Old Baltimore (1931), Sioussat vividly depicted the relationship between one of Baltimore’s most storied women, Elizabeth Patterson, and her husband Jerôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. Sioussat was a founding member of the WLCB and led the women in organizing meetings and other activities. She also was a historian for the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America and member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the American Historical Association, the Ennglish-Speaking Union, Civil Service Reform, and the Maryland Forestry Assosication.
Sources
“Annie Middleton Leakin Sioussat (1856-1942).” Find A Grave.
“Leakin-Sioussat Papers, c.1650-C.1960.” MS 1497. Maryland Center for History and Culture.
Contributors
Madeline Pikus; Jonathan Flink