Catherine Amelia Fay Ewing, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCatherine Amelia Fay Ewing
American educator, missionary, philanthropist, activist, social reformer
Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1822
Date of Death: 04-Apr-1897
Profession: activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Catherine Amelia Fay Ewing
- Catherine Amelia Fay Ewing (née Catherine Amelia Fay; nickname, Aunt Katy; July 18, 1822 - April 4, 1897) was an American educator, missionary, philanthropist, activist, and social reformer from the U.S.
- state of Massachusetts.
- In 1857, she took in children from the Washington County Infirmary, thus organizing the first children's home in the state of Ohio.Ewing taught school in Ohio before becoming a missionary among the Choctaw.
- Ten years later, upon her return to Ohio, she founded a home for destitute children.
- Through her efforts, the Ohio Legislature passed a bill in Columbus, which entitled every county to establish a children's home.
- Ewing also authored a comprehensive historical report on the origin and growth of the children's home movement in Washington County.
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