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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Kathleen Mathews "Kit" Wisdom
| name=Kathleen Mathews<br> "Kit" Wisdom
(Liberal political activist in<br> both major parties)
(Liberal political activist in<br> both major parties)
| image=Kit Wisdom of LA and VT.jpg
| image=Kit Wisdom of LA and VT.jpg
| death_date=July 2020 (aged 80)
| death_date=July 2020 (aged 80)
| death_place=[[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]<br>
| death_place=[[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Metairie Park County Day School<br>
Metairie Park County Day School<br>
Judge John Minor Wisdom, Sr., and the former Bonnie Mathews}}
Judge John Minor Wisdom, Sr., and the former Bonnie Mathews}}
'''Kathleen Mathews Wisdom''', known as '''Kit Wisdom''' (December 1, 1939 – July 2020), was a [[liberal]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] political [[activist]] born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Her father, U.S. District Judge John Minor Wisdom (1905-1999), also a liberal Republican, was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]], a [[Moderate Republican]], to a seat on the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans. In that role, Wisdom supervised the desegregation of public schools in Orleans Parish in the late 1950s. The appeals court is now named in Wisdom's honor.
'''Kathleen Mathews Wisdom''', known as '''Kit Wisdom''' (December 1, 1939 – July 2020), was a [[liberal]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] political [[activist]] born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Her father, U.S. District Judge John Minor Wisdom, Sr. (1905-1999), also a liberal Republican, was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]], a [[Moderate Republican]], to a seat on the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans. In that role, Wisdom supervised the desegregation of public schools in Orleans Parish in the late 1950s. The appeals court is now named in Wisdom's honor.
==Background==
==Background==
==Death==
==Death==
Wisdom was a practitioner of Chi Gong, a system of meditation, breathing, and movement similar to [[yoga]], and the Alexander Technique to improve movement and balance. She died at the age of eighty in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit/> There was no memorial service. Her obituary does not mention the specific date of death, any church affiliation, or place of interment or cremation.
Wisdom was a practitioner of Chi Gong, a system of meditation, breathing, and movement similar to [[yoga]], and the Alexander Technique to improve movement and balance. She died at the age of eighty in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit/> There was no memorial service. Her obituary does not mention any church affiliation. She is interred beside her parents at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226104797/kathleen-wisdom|title=Kathleen “Kit” Mathews Wisdom obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 31, 2023}}</ref>
==References==
==References==