Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau

Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau (December 6, 1872 – April 20, 1959), also known as Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, was an American writer and socialite who served as the 13th president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1926 to 1929.

Early life Brosseau was born Grace Lincoln Hall on December 6, 1872 in Moline, Illinois to Joseph M. Hall and Mary Olivia Pray Hall. She studied at the Davenport Business College in Davenport, Iowa. She organized the Hannah Tracy Grant Chapter and served as its regent. In June 1928, Helen Tufts Bailie was expelled from the DAR for publishing a pamphlet called Our Threatened Heritage, which openly protested the blacklist. She appealed her expulsion but only received one dissenting vote from the congress, over which Brosseau presided.

Personal life Brosseau married Alfred Joseph Brosseau, an automobile businessman, on December 20, 1899. Her husband was the president of the Mack Motor Trucking Company, vice president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, and director of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Following a hearing in the Connecticut Superior Court, in which Brosseau testified that her husband physically assaulted her and witness testimony was given by Mrs. Wilson Felder, Judge Anthony C. Baldwin granted the divorce. A financial settlement was reached out of court.

She died on April 20, 1959. She was buried in Putnam Cemetery.