Mabel H. Churchill

Mabel Harlakenden Hall Churchill (September 5, 1873 – May 27, 1945) was an American socialite and suffragist.

Biography Mabel Harlakenden Hall was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to George and Lucretia Hall on September 5, 1873. She attended Mary Institute in St. Louis. Churchill served as treasurer for the Cornish Equal Suffrage League, formed in 1911. She took part in a suffrage automobile tour in New Jersey, along with Antoinette Funk in 1915. Churchill also worked as the treasurer for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).

Personal life On October 22, 1895, Mabel Harlakenden Hall married the author Winston Churchill. Her fortune allowed her husband the ability to pursue his career as a novelist full time. In 1899, the couple moved to a large, 30-plus room colonial home in Cornish, which they named "Harlakenden Hall" after Mabel. In 1923, the house burned and the family moved to Plainfield, New Hampshire. She was the model for Cleopatra in Maxfield Parrish's 1917 painting, Cleopatra.