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Eugenia Williamson Hume.png) Eugenia Williamson Hume (1865–1899) was a 19th-century American elocutionist[1] and educator. She was one of the best-educated and most accomplished women in St. Louis, Missouri, in her day.[2] Early life and educationEugenia Williamson was born in 1865.[3] She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Williamson. She was of old Anglo-American ancestry.[2] Hume always lived in St. Louis.[1] Hume's early training was with Mary Hogan Ludlum. She also studied for an extended period with Emma Dunning Banks. In 1889, Hume graduated from the National School of Elocution and Oratory.[1][4] CareerShe began teaching at 18[1] and was known as a teacher for many years before graduation from elocutionary school.[3] Hume was prominent in elocutionary work in St. Louis. She and her sister, Mazy Williamson, also gave elocutionary entertainments in various parts of the West.[1] In 1897, the sisters gave entertainments together in Missouri, Eugenia doing the poses and Mazy giving the recitations, some of the most successful of which were by Banks.[5] Hume was a charter member of the St. Louis Branch of the Association of Elocutionists[4] and a member of various other societies and institutions.[1] She was also actively engaged in religious and benevolent work.[1] Personal life and deathOn April 18, 1899, she married Dr. John R. Hume, a leading physician of St. Louis and professor of physiology at Barnes Medical College.[1] Eugenia Williamson Hume died in St. Louis on October 13, 1899, at the age of 34[1] from a valvular lesion of the heart after an illness of five hours.[2] Her burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery.[3] References
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