Leonora St. George Rogers Schuyler

Leonora Lacy St. George Rogers Schuyler (November 16, 1868 – December 8, 1952) was an American socialite who served as President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1921 to 1923. Although born in Florida, she lived primarily in New York City and was considered the first woman from above the Mason–Dixon line to become president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Schuyler was also an active member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the U.S. Daughters of 1812.

Early life and family Schuyler was born Leonora Lacy St. George Rogers on November 16, 1868 in Ocala, Florida. She was the daughter of Colonel Samuel St. George Rogers and Josephine A. Baynard Rogers. Her father, an officer in the Confederate States Army, who served in the Confederate States Congress and the 2nd Confederate States Congress.

She grew up in Ocala and in Savannah, Georgia. She attended school in Savannah and in New York.

Schuyler was a member of the New York Southern Women's Patriotic Society, the Allied Patriotic Societies, Colonial Dames of America, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the U.S. Daughters of 1812, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Despite being born in the South, she spent most of her life in the North and was considered the first woman from above the Mason-Dixon line to be elected president general. During her term as president general, she also placed a wreath with the UDC Cross of Honor for World War Veterans and a bronze UDC insignia at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, which were accepted by General William H. Hart, the Quartermaster General of the United States Army. In 1924, she dedicated a bust of General Robert E. Lee to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in England.

Schuyler died on December 8, 1952 after suffering a heart attack.