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| 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>

'''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 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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==

One of three children of Judge Wisdom and the former Bonnie Mathews, Kit Wisdom was educated at Metairie Park Country Day School in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish, and the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans, the Madeira School in McLean, [[Virginia]], and Pine Manor College (now part of [[Boston College]] in Chestnut Hill, [[Massachusetts]]. Beginning as a  six-year-old, Kit won the "Blue Ribbon" of  pleasure horsemanship in Audubon Park in New Orleans. She thereafter won numerous awards in horse shows. Later in life, she focused on riding as a therapeutic exercise, especially for children.  She was also a participant in Mardi Gras as the Queen of Comus in 1960. In later years, she became a devotee of Jack Russell terrier dogs.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-matthews-wisdom&pid=196513219&fhid=5630|title=Kathleen Mathews Wisdom|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 18, 2020|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref>

One of three children of Judge Wisdom and the former Bonnie Mathews, Kit Wisdom was educated at Metairie Park Country Day School in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish, and the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans, the Madeira School in McLean, [[Virginia]], and Pine Manor College (now part of [[Boston College]] in Chestnut Hill, [[Massachusetts]]). Beginning as a  six-year-old, Kit won the "Blue Ribbon" of  pleasure horsemanship in Audubon Park in New Orleans. She thereafter won numerous awards in horse shows. Later in life, she focused on riding as a therapeutic exercise, especially for children.  She was also a participant in Mardi Gras as the Queen of Comus in 1960. In later years, she became a devotee of Jack Russell terrier dogs.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-matthews-wisdom&pid=196513219&fhid=5630|title=Kathleen Mathews Wisdom|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 18, 2020|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

==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==