Grace Shaw Duff

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Grace Shaw Duff was an American Theosophist and philanthropist who was heavily involved in work in the early days of Krotona Institute of Theosophy and the Order of the Temple of the Rosy Cross.

Personal life

She married William H. Duff, a stock broker. She died on May 21, 1923.

Involvement with Theosophical Society

Mrs. Duff was admitted to the American Theosophical Society on November 12, 1901 at the Central Lodge in New York City. She was sponsored by Minnie C. Holbrook and Florence A. Taylor.[1] She remained a member of Central Lodge until the end of her life, even after she moved to Hollywood in December 1915 to be near the Krotona Institute of Theosophy.[2] Being wealthy, she probably continued to maintain a household in New York, and spent time in Paris, as well.

Order of the Temple of the Rosy Cross

Notes

  1. Membership Ledger Cards roll 2. Theosophical Society in America Archives.
  2. "Deaths" The Messenger 11 no.3 (August, 1923): 60.