# Adelaide Wallerstein

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**Adelaide Dorn Wallerstein** **McConnell** (March 4, 1869 – June 12, 1942) was an American translator, medical doctor, lawyer, and clubwoman, based in New York City.

## Early life

Adelaide Dorn[1] was from [Worcester, Massachusetts](/source/Worcester,_Massachusetts).[2][3] She graduated from law school at [New York University](/source/New_York_University) in 1898,[4] and earned her medical degree at the [New York Medical College](/source/New_York_Medical_College) and Hospital for Women in 1905.[5][6]

## Career

Wallerstein practiced medicine from an office in her New York home,[7] and in 1905 founded a free clinic,[8] the East Side Clinic for Children.[9][10] She was president of the clinic for 25 years, until it closed in 1931.[1] She also translated French literature into English.[11]

"There is no better-known clubwoman in New York than Mrs. Harry Wallerstein," noted the cover of *Broadway Weekly* in 1904.[12] She was president of the Woman's Legal Aid Society when it began in 1898,[13] and president of the Adelaide Wallerstein Auxiliary of the National Army Relief Association for Porto Rico; the latter organization sent books, blankets, and disinfectants to American soldiers during the [Spanish–American War](/source/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War).[14][15] During [World War I](/source/World_War_I) she organized a women's group to assist the Marines.[16] She was also active in the [Daughters of the American Revolution](/source/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution) and the [Women's Press Club of New York](/source/Woman's_Press_Club_of_New_York_City).[1] She headed the Philocalian Society in 1907, a group of clubwomen who sought to discourage young women from drinking, low-cut gowns, and late-night socializing in New York.[17]

Adelaide Wallerstein was president of the Rubenstein Club, from 1904 until a controversial ouster in 1909.[18][19] In response,[20] she founded the New York Mozart Society;[21] the society's chorus performed at the White House in 1911, with [Arthur Claassen](/source/Arthur_Claassen) conducting.[22] She was president of the Mozart Society from 1909 to 1937.[1]

## Personal life

Adelaide married businessman Henry "Harry" Wallerstein in 1899;[23] they divorced in 1910.[24][25] In 1911 she married businessman Noble McConnell.[26][27][28] She died at the [Hotel Astor](/source/Hotel_Astor_(New_York_City)) in New York City in 1942, aged 73 years.[29][1] Congressman [Chris Shays](/source/Chris_Shays) is her grand-nephew; he is the grandson of Adelaide McConnell's sister, Lillian Cecile Dorn Shays.

## References

1. "Mrs. N. M'Connell, Civic Leader, Dies". *The New York Times*. June 13, 1942. p. 15.

1. ["Mrs. Harry Wallerstein"](https://books.google.com/books?id=VJhFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=RA2-PA33) *Marsh's Magazine* (October 1908): 33.

1. ["Busy Club Woman"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31004813/adelaide_wallerstein_1904/). *Vermont Journal*. April 2, 1904. p. 3. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. O'Loughlin, R. S.; Montgomery, H. F.; Dwyer, Charles (March 1908). ["A Woman Lawyer, Doctor, Philanthropist"](https://books.google.com/books?id=Lss_AQAAMAAJ&q=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=PA442). *The Delineator*. **71**: 442.

1. ["New York Medical College and Hospital for Women"](https://books.google.com/books?id=18hXAAAAMAAJ&q=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=RA1-PA60). *The North American Journal of Homeopathy*. **53**: 60. 1905.

1. Student (August 25, 1907). ["In a Service Larger than Self"](https://books.google.com/books?id=7lhDAQAAIAAJ&q=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=RA6-PA41). *Century Path*. **10**: 9.

1. ["New York Philanthropist"](https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-jan-10-1907-1155594/). *Belleville Republic County Democrat*. January 10, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved April 26, 2019. – via NewspaperArchive.com.

1. ["Society Woman is Also Busy Doctor"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31001508/adealide_wlalerstein_1906/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. December 23, 1906. p. 32. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. [*The New York Charities Directory*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xCcrAAAAYAAJ&q=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=PA228). Charity Organization Society in the City of New York. 1912. p. 228.

1. [*Club Women of New York*](https://archive.org/details/clubwomennewyor01conggoog). Mail and Express Company. 1908. pp. [64](https://archive.org/details/clubwomennewyor01conggoog/page/n66), 364.

1. ["Mrs. Adelaide Wallerstein"](https://books.google.com/books?id=0nhFAQAAMAAJ&q=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=PA650). *The Peterson Magazine*. **109**: 650–651. June 1896.

1. [*Mrs. Wallerstein, a Handsome New York Hostess*](http://archive.org/details/BroadwayWeekly1904). Broadway Weekly. March 31, 1904. pp. cover.

1. "Mrs. Harry Wallerstein". *The New York Times*. March 27, 1898. p. IMS5.

1. Neely, Frank Tennyson (1898). [*Panorama of Our New Possessions*](https://books.google.com/books?id=98goAAAAYAAJ&q=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=PP66)

1. ["Woman and Home; A New York Clubwoman Who Is the Soldier's Friend"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31002021/adelaide_wallerstein_1899/). *Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News*. April 14, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["'Devil Dogs' to Honor Mrs. Noble McConnell"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31004529/adelaide_wallerstein_mcconnell_1920/). *Daily News*. May 24, 1920. p. 17. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["No Cocktails, No Peek-a-Boos"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31003036/adelaide_wallerstein_1907/). *The Courier*. November 24, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["Women in Club Clash at Waldorf; Mrs. Dr. Wallerstein Tries by Force to Retain Presidency of the Rubenstein. Detectives Put On Guard Mrs. Chapman, in Whose Favor Mrs. Wallerstein Was Deposed, Bars Followers of Her Rival from Concert."](https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/14/archives/women-in-club-clash-at-waldorf-mrs-dr-wallerstein-tries-by-force-to.html). *The New York Times*. 1909-03-14. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2019-04-27.

1. ["Rubinstein War Irritates Court; Justice Hendrick Says Too Many Women's Club Rows Are Brought Before Judges. Fight for the Presidency Mrs. Chapman Says Mrs. Wallerstein's Rule Was Arrogant – Legality of Latter's Election Undecided."](https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/31/archives/rubinstein-war-irritates-court-justice-hendrick-says-too-many.html). *The New York Times*. 1909-03-31. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2019-04-27.

1. "New Musical Club; Mrs. Wallerstein Incorporates a Rival Organization to the Rubenstein's". *The New York Times*. August 10, 1909. p. 7.

1. ["Varied Activities for Mozart Society"](https://books.google.com/books?id=0PM6AQAAMAAJ&q=%22Noble+McConnell%22&pg=RA12-PA28). *Musical Courier*. **83**: 28. October 20, 1921.

1. ["To Sing for Mrs. Taft"](https://newspaperarchive.com/entertainment-clipping-may-12-1911-1155618/). *Washington Post*. May 12, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2019. – via NewspaperArchive.com.

1. ["Wallerstein Estate $100,000 to Ex-Wife"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31002414/adelaide_wallerstein_mcconnell_1915/). *The Brooklyn Daily Eagle*. February 9, 1915. p. 20. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. "Wallersteins Separate". *The New York Times*. December 4, 1910. p. C16.

1. ["Slum Worker Gets Divorce"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31001405/adelaide_wallerstein_1910/). *The Los Angeles Times*. December 5, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["Births, Marriages, Deaths"](https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZFMAQAAMAAJ&q=Adelaide+Wallerstein&pg=PA168). *New York Medical Journal*. **94**: 168. July 15, 1911.

1. "McConnell–Wallerstein". *The New York Times*. June 29, 1911. p. 11.

1. ["Leader of Clubs Weds"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31003778/the_evening_sun/). *The Evening Sun*. July 14, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved April 27, 2019. – via Newspapers.com.

1. "Deaths". *The New York Times*. June 13, 1942. p. 15.

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