Henrotin was born on July 6, 1847, in
Portland, Maine, the daughter of Edward Byam and Sarah Ellen Martin, and the second of six children. During her youth, she lived in England, and attended schools in
London,
Paris, and
Dresden, 1860–68. Returning to the US in 1868, she married
Charles Henrotin, one of the founders of the
Chicago Stock Exchange, on September 2, 1869, in Chicago. Their children were Edward Clement (born 1871), Charles Martin (born 1876), and Morris Bates (born 1885). She served as Vice President of the Congress Auxiliary of the
World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; President of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1894-98; President of
Fortnightly Club of Chicago; as well as Trustee,
University of Illinois, 1912–17. She was decorated by the Sultan of Turkey with the
Order of the Chefakat, 1893; made an
Officier de l'Académie by the French Republic, 1899; and decorated by Leopold II of Belgium with the
Chevalier de l'Ordre de Léopold, 1904. She was a member of the Friday Club;
Chicago Woman's Club; and
Woman's City Club. Henrotin lived at 1215
Madison Avenue, in
New York City. She died on June 29, 1922, in
Cherry Plain, New York. She and Charles are buried at
Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. == Selected works ==