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Nina E. Allender
Nina Evans Allender (December 25, 1873 – April 2, 1957) was an American artist, cartoonist, and women's rights activist. She studied art in the United States and Europe with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. Allender worked as an organizer, speaker, and campaigner for women's suffrage and was the "official cartoonist" for the National Woman's Party's publications, creating what became known as the "Allender Girl."
Nina Evans was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1873, in Auburn, Kansas. Her father, David Evans was from Oneida County, New York and moved to Kansas, where he served as a teacher before becoming superintendent of schools. Her mother, Eva Moore, was a teacher at a prairie school. The Evanses lived in Washington, D.C. by September 1881 when Eva Evans was working at the Department of the Interior as a clerk in the Land Office. She worked there until August 1902, and she was one of the first women to be employed by the federal government. David Evans worked at the United States Department of the Navy as a clerk and was a poet and short story writer. He died on December 13, 1906, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1893, at the age of 19 Nina Evans married Charles H. Allender. Some years later Charles Allender reportedly took a sum of money from the bank where he worked and ran off with another woman. Abandoned by her husband, Nina sued Charles for divorce in January 1905, alleging infidelity. Their divorce was granted that year.
About 1906 her portrait was painted with fellow artist Charles Sheeler by Morton Livingston Schamberg. It was formerly in the collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and when that museum closed it was transferred to the National Gallery of Art. Following her years abroad studying art, Allender worked at the Treasury Department and the Government Land Office in Washington, D.C. She lived in Washington, D.C. in 1916 and maintained an art studio in New York City by 1917.
In 1942, Allender moved to Chicago, Illinois where she remained for over a decade. In 1955 she moved to Plainfield, New Jersey, where a niece, Mrs. Frank Detweiler (Joan) resided. She died at her niece's Plainfield house on April 2, 1957.
Allender enrolled in classes at the Corcoran Museum of Art and then studied under Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from the spring of 1903 through 1907. She spent the summer of 1903 on a summer painting tour directed by Chase. Allender joined Robert Henri's summer painting tour of Italy in 1905. Allender considered William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri as her mentors. During one European study trip she became good friends with modernist painters Charles Sheeler and Morton Schamberg. In London, she was a student of Frank Brangwyn. Allender's works in a Washington Society of Artists exhibit in 1909 were described as "some excellent little snow pictures".
At the age of 38, Nina Allender became actively involved in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In 1912, Ohio held a referendum on woman suffrage, and Allender traveled there and enjoyed canvassing door to door and demonstrating with other suffragists. Allender had volunteered to assist NAWSA's Congressional Committee in planning their March 3, 1912 suffrage pageant in Washington. Allender was appointed chair of the committee on "outdoor meetings" as well as on "posters, post cards and colors." Within the year she became president of the District of Columbia Woman Suffrage Association and was a featured speaker at numerous local gatherings. In spring 1913, she was president of the Stanton Suffrage Club, which held "Suffrage as Relating to Business Women". Allender shared the speaker's platform with future congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, one of about 14 women representing multiple states to meet with President Woodrow Wilson in a suffrage deputation.
In 1913, Eva and Nina were recruited into the Congressional Union of NAWSA, later the National Woman's Party by Alice Paul when she was in Washington D.C. to lead the Congressional Committee of NAWSA. Inez Haynes Irwin stated that both Eva and Nina had readily agreed to make monthly financial donations and volunteer their time for the organization.
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Nina E. Allender
Nina Evans Allender (December 25, 1873 – April 2, 1957) was an American artist, cartoonist, and women's rights activist. She studied art in the United States and Europe with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. Allender worked as an organizer, speaker, and campaigner for women's suffrage and was the "official cartoonist" for the National Woman's Party's publications, creating what became known as the "Allender Girl."
Nina Evans was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1873, in Auburn, Kansas. Her father, David Evans was from Oneida County, New York and moved to Kansas, where he served as a teacher before becoming superintendent of schools. Her mother, Eva Moore, was a teacher at a prairie school. The Evanses lived in Washington, D.C. by September 1881 when Eva Evans was working at the Department of the Interior as a clerk in the Land Office. She worked there until August 1902, and she was one of the first women to be employed by the federal government. David Evans worked at the United States Department of the Navy as a clerk and was a poet and short story writer. He died on December 13, 1906, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1893, at the age of 19 Nina Evans married Charles H. Allender. Some years later Charles Allender reportedly took a sum of money from the bank where he worked and ran off with another woman. Abandoned by her husband, Nina sued Charles for divorce in January 1905, alleging infidelity. Their divorce was granted that year.
About 1906 her portrait was painted with fellow artist Charles Sheeler by Morton Livingston Schamberg. It was formerly in the collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and when that museum closed it was transferred to the National Gallery of Art. Following her years abroad studying art, Allender worked at the Treasury Department and the Government Land Office in Washington, D.C. She lived in Washington, D.C. in 1916 and maintained an art studio in New York City by 1917.
In 1942, Allender moved to Chicago, Illinois where she remained for over a decade. In 1955 she moved to Plainfield, New Jersey, where a niece, Mrs. Frank Detweiler (Joan) resided. She died at her niece's Plainfield house on April 2, 1957.
Allender enrolled in classes at the Corcoran Museum of Art and then studied under Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from the spring of 1903 through 1907. She spent the summer of 1903 on a summer painting tour directed by Chase. Allender joined Robert Henri's summer painting tour of Italy in 1905. Allender considered William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri as her mentors. During one European study trip she became good friends with modernist painters Charles Sheeler and Morton Schamberg. In London, she was a student of Frank Brangwyn. Allender's works in a Washington Society of Artists exhibit in 1909 were described as "some excellent little snow pictures".
At the age of 38, Nina Allender became actively involved in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In 1912, Ohio held a referendum on woman suffrage, and Allender traveled there and enjoyed canvassing door to door and demonstrating with other suffragists. Allender had volunteered to assist NAWSA's Congressional Committee in planning their March 3, 1912 suffrage pageant in Washington. Allender was appointed chair of the committee on "outdoor meetings" as well as on "posters, post cards and colors." Within the year she became president of the District of Columbia Woman Suffrage Association and was a featured speaker at numerous local gatherings. In spring 1913, she was president of the Stanton Suffrage Club, which held "Suffrage as Relating to Business Women". Allender shared the speaker's platform with future congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, one of about 14 women representing multiple states to meet with President Woodrow Wilson in a suffrage deputation.
In 1913, Eva and Nina were recruited into the Congressional Union of NAWSA, later the National Woman's Party by Alice Paul when she was in Washington D.C. to lead the Congressional Committee of NAWSA. Inez Haynes Irwin stated that both Eva and Nina had readily agreed to make monthly financial donations and volunteer their time for the organization.
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