Lillie hitchcock coit biography of rory gilmore
Lillie hitchcock coit biography of rory gilmore daughter...
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
American philanthropist (1843–1929)
Elizabeth Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 – July 22, 1929) was a patron of San Francisco's volunteer firefighters and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco, California.
Lillie hitchcock coit biography of rory gilmore
Life
Born in West Point, New York, in 1843, she moved to California from West Point with her parents—Charles, an Army doctor, and Martha Hitchcock.[1]
"Firebelle Lil" Coit was considered eccentric, smoking cigars and wearing trousers long before it was socially acceptable for women to do so.
She was an avid gambler and often dressed like a man in order to gamble in the male-only establishments that dotted North Beach.[2]
Her father was successful and when he died he left a substantial inheritance.[3] As a young woman, she traveled to Europe with her mother.
After her return, she married Howard Coit, the "caller" of the San Francisco Stock Exchange during an economic boom.[1]