Clara Louise Thompson
Clara Louise Thompson was an American educator, Latinist, activist, feminist, and suffragette. She is the only woman to be awarded the American Fellowship at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome.Biography
Thompson grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri, along with a sister, Alice. She studied at Washington University in St. Louis , University of Pennsylvania, American School of Classical Studies, and University of Pennsylvania. She was active in the suffrage movement. She served as President of Latin at Rockford College.Personal life
Thompson made her home in Rome, Georgia and Saint Louis, Missouri. She had a romantic relationship spanning decades with Jeannette Howard Foster, a librarian, professor, poet, and researcher.
