DEATH OF  KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD

THE DEMOCRAT, RAVENNA, OHIO, FEBRUARY 16, 1914

 Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood of Toledo, Ohio, died at Washington, D.C., Sunday morning, Feb. 15. Her life was devoted to the welfare of others and she gained a wide reputation as a poet, newspaper writer and worker in charitable organizations. She was a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps and an earnest advocate of patriotic instruction in the public schools. Her song, "The Flag That Makes Men Free," has had a circulation of 50,000 copies. The Washington Times of Feb. 15 says:
 Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood, 72 years of age, wife of Congressman Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio and for years prominent throughout the country as a leader in patriotic affairs, died at her apartments in Congress Hall hotel this morning at 3:15 o'clock. Death was due to paralysis. She had been ill about a month. At her bedside were General Sherwood who has remained by his wife's side ever since she had been stricken and Mrs. Lenore Sherwood an only daughter.
 Mrs. Sherwood had not been in good health for several years. She retained all her faculties, however, and was not forced to confinement to her quarters until the attack of paralysis which caused her death. Ever since she was stricken her death had been anticipated, those nearest her realizing that her years made her chances for recovery meager.
 Mrs. Sherwood suffered her first stroke of paralysis about Jan. 5 but partly recovered. She was known as "The Poetess of the Congressional Circle" and was the center of a group of women who devoted themselves to art and letters rather to social activities. Mrs. Sherwood was known all over the United States as a writer.
 Born in Poland, O., the daughter of Judge James and Mrs. Rebecca Brownlee, she there married Isaac R. Sherwood, then a young officer in the Union army. After the war the Sherwood's moved to Toledo, O., and Mrs. Sherwood was of invaluable assistance in helping her husband to political honors later in life.
 Mrs. Sherwood was a contributor to newspapers and magazines for more than 25 years. She was the author of "Camp Fires," "Dream of the Ages" and many other contributions. She was honorary president of the Ohio Newspaper Women's Association and for then years was editor of the Toledo Journal. She edited a page in the National Tribune for 20 years and wrote political satires for Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun. For many years Mrs. Sherwood was Washington's correspondent for a newspaper syndicate and also wrote European letters for the American Press Association.
 Socially, Mrs. Sherwood was prominent, despite her inclination toward writing. She was a national organizer of the Women's Relief Corps of the G.A.R., member of the National Council of Women, the Congressional Club and the Toledo University Extension. She was a charter member of the New York Sorosis and a member of the national committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution as well as being a prominent suffragette.