S. Grace Nicholes was born in
Chicago, Illinois, February 15, 1870. She was a graduate of
Wellesley College. She was for many years identified with the
women's suffrage movement in Chicago, serving as corresponding Secretary of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association. She was a member of the
Englewood Woman's Club, Collegiate Alumnae Association, and the
South Side Suffrage Association. Nicholes devoted much of her time to social
settlement work. Nicholes died in Chicago on August 22, 1922. ==References==