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The Colonial Dames of America is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who lived in British America from 1607 to 1775, and was of service to the colonies by either holding public office, being in the military, or serving the Colonies in some other "eligible" way. The CDA is listed as an approved lineage society with the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.
The National Headquarters is at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in New York City, which was purchased by the CDA in 1924. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Notable members
- Lillie Stella Acer Ballagh, founder of Matinee Musical Club, Los Angeles
- Florence Anderson Clark, author, newspaper editor, librarian, university dean
- Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman, writer and preservationist in Williamsburg, Virginia
- Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, businesswoman and philanthropist; founder of the Connecticut chapter of CDA
- Sallie Foster Harshbarger, active in civic and fraternal work
- Alice Curtice Moyer, writer and suffragist
- Edith Allen Phelps, twice president of the Oklahoma Library Association, the first professional in the Library Science field in the Oklahoma City system
- Adelaide Hamilton, last surviving granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton
- Florence Warfield Sillers, historian and socialite
- Fay Webb-Gardner, First Lady of North Carolina
- Lynn Forney Young, lineage society leader