Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Webster, Lina Post, 1866-1951 |
Othernames |
Lina Beatrice Post |
Born |
1866 |
Birthplace |
New York City, New York |
Places of residence |
New York City, New York Newport, Rhode Island |
Father |
A. Kingston Post |
Mother |
Marie Post (nee de Trobriand) |
Nationality |
American |
Notes |
Lina Post Webster (1866-1951), daughter of A. Kingston Post and Marie de Trobriand, was born in New York city 11 November 1866. After marrying Hamilton Fish Webster in 1891, she began spending summers in Newport, becomming a legal resident in 1901. Active in Republican politics until 1926, she was elected to the Representative Council in 1933 as a Democrat from the Fourth Ward, the first woman to serve on the council. She was re-elected in 1934, at the same time holding the post of president of the Newport County Women's Democratic Club. She later broke with President Roosevelt and withdrew from political activity. Her charitable interests included the Rocky Farm Camp for Crippled Children, the Protestant Episcopal Church, Trinity Church and the Seaman's Church Institute (she donated the chapel to the memory of her mother, Mrs. Post). She also gave the south wing of the Redwood Library in 1941 in memory of her husband. The Websters had no children of their own, but in 1948 Lina Webster adopted Ralph C. Tobin. (1939 (29 Sept) Newport Mercury; 1939 (27 Sept) New York Times 25) |
Occupation |
City Council representative; president, Newport County Women's Democratic Club; Rocky Hill Farm, Prot. Episc. Church, Trinity Ch, Seaman's Ch Inst, Redwood |
Role |
Donor |
Spouse |
Hamilton Fish Webster, 1861-1939 |
Children |
Major General Ralph C. Tobin, 1890-1957 (adopted in 1947 - see October 30, 1947 Chicago Daily Tribune) |
