Kathryn Slaughter Wittichen

Kathryn Elizabeth Slaughter Wittichen (January 8, 1896 – June 22, 1985) was an American socialite and clubwoman. She was a leader in various women's organizations, serving as president of the Miami Women's Club from 1938 to 1939 and as president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1957 to 1960. In 1962, Wittichen founded the Southern Dames of America and served as the society's honorary president.

Biography Wittichen was elected as the president of the Miami Women's Club in 1938. In 1954, she advocated for referring to the American Civil War as the "War Between the States" and falsely claimed that the Confederate States of America was a separate nation from the United States instead of an unrecognized breakaway within the Union. She served on the committee responsible for organizing the annual General Convention of the Children of the Confederacy. In 1957, she was elected as President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and served in that capacity until 1960. Wittichen called the society's executive committee together for emergency action and asked every member of the UDC to contribute $1.00 towards paying off the deficit.

Wittichen was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, the Daughters of Colonial Wars, and the Order of the First Families of Virginia. She and her husband, Murray Forbes Wittichen, were charter members of the Historical Association of Southern Florida.