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Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907, in Hartford, Connecticut, the second of six children. Her parents were Thomas Norval Hepburn (1879–1962), a urologist at Hartford Hospital, and Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878–1951), a feminist campaigner.
She was one of six children (three of each gender) born to a socially prominent, well-to-do, activist family. Her mother was a well-known and passionate suffragette (supporter of women's right to vote); her physician father was a creative pioneer in the field of sexual hygiene.
12 de jun. de 2023 · Classic Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn lived life how she wanted -- and that included never having children. Learn why the actor choose not to start a family.
An athletic tomboy as a child, she was very close to her brother Tom; at 14 she was devastated to find him dead, the apparent result of accidentally hanging himself while practicing a hanging trick their father had taught them. For many years afterward, she used his November 8 birth date as her own.
Hepburn nació en Hartford, Connecticut, el 12 de mayo de 1907, como la segunda de los seis hijos de Thomas Norval Hepburn (1879-1962), un urólogo del Hospital Hartford, y Katharine Martha Houghton (1878-1951), una activista feminista.
17 de may. de 2024 · Katharine Hepburn’s father was a wealthy and prominent Connecticut surgeon, and her mother was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. From early childhood Hepburn was continually encouraged to expand her intellectual horizons, speak nothing but the truth, and keep herself in top physical condition.
1 de mar. de 1995 · Katharine Hepburn was 13 in the spring of 1921, when her brother Tom’s marked nervousness led Dr. and Mrs. Hepburn to attempt to “divert” him with a five-day trip to New York City in the...
