Fanny E. Minot

Fanny E. Minot ( Pickering; September 27, 1847 – March 4, 1919) was an American public worker, social reformer, charitable organization leader, and clubwoman who was at the front in many lines of public service, including charitable, educational, church and social work. She held a strong interest in all those movements of the 20th-century which brought women into prominence. Minot served as president of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) of Concord, New Hampshire, of the State of New Hampshire, and lastly, as the 22nd National President of the WRC. She was also a member and regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Early life and education Fanny (sometimes, "Fannie") Elizabeth Pickering was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire, September 27, 1847. She was the elder daughter of Hazen and Martha Ann (Drew) Pickering. Minot had at least one sibling, a sister, Mrs. Clarence Blake. On the paternal side, Minot descended from Revolutionary ancestor John Pickering.

In her childhood, the family removed to Concord, where Hazen Pickering became city marshal.

For ten years she was connected with the Concord Board of Education, as a member of the School Board since 1908, and Secretary of the Board since 1914. A Daughter of the American Revolution, and Regent of Rumford Chapter, 1905–8, she was actively interested in the patriotic work of that society. She was President of the Concord Woman's Club, 1904–5, and a valuable member of the Education Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1912–13. She was President of the New Hampshire Female Concord Institution, the oldest society organized and officered by women in the country, 1901–8; of the Concord Female Charitable Society, both in their second centenary; of the Federation of Missionary Societies, member of the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions, the Friendly Club, Charity Organization, Avon Club, District Nurses' Organization, American Red Cross, National League for Women's Service, New Hampshire Historical Society, and the Wheaton Seminary Alumnae Association.

Personal life and death

She married Capt. James Minot on May 13, 1874. He was the cashier at Mechanicks National Bank, and subsequently, commander of the Department of New Hampshire, Grand Army of the Republic, who died November 15, 1911.

She died March 4, 1919.