Elizabeth Harrison Shapley
{{Short description|American First Lady of Guam (1884–1938)}}
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|name = Elizabeth Harrison Shapley
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|office = First Lady of Guam
|governor = Lloyd Stowell Shapley
|term_label = In role
|term_start = April 7, 1926
|term_end = June 11, 1929
|birth_date = {{birth date|1884|2|11}}
|birth_place = New York City, New York
|death_date = {{death date and age|1938|8|7|1884|2|11}}
|death_place = California
|birthname = Elizabeth Harrison McCormick
|occupation = First Lady of Guam
|spouse = Charles Frederick Herreshoff, Lloyd Stowell Shapley
|children = 3
|relatives = Alan Shapley (son)
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|other_names = Elizabeth H. McCormick, Elizabeth McCormick, Elizabeth Harrison McCormick Herrshoff, Elizabeth H. Shapley, Elizabeth Shapley}}
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Elizabeth Harrison Shapley was an American former First Lady of Guam.
Early life
On February 11, 1884, Shapley was born as Elizabeth Harrison McCormick in New York City, New York.
Career
In 1926, when Lloyd Stowell Shapley was appointed the military Governor of Guam, Shapley became the First Lady of Guam on April 7, 1926, until June 11, 1929.{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-45000/NH-45530.html |title=NH 45530 Captain Lloyd S. Shapley, USN |website=navy.mil |accessdate=November 13, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |title=Guam Naval Governors 30 August 1899 – 10 December 1941 |website=guampedia.com |date=12 January 2010 |accessdate=November 13, 2021}}
Personal life
On April 9, 1902, Shapley married Charles Frederick Herreshoff, who later became an automobile designer/manufacturer and an architect. Shapeley's full name became Elizabeth Harrison McCormick Herrshoff.{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TlI-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA558 |title=Married |publisher=Army and Navy Register |date=November 22, 1912 |accessdate=November 13, 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://theusgenweb.org/rigenweb/articles/183.html |title=History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical - NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920 |website=theusgenweb.org |accessdate=November 13, 2021}}
On August 1, 1912, Shapley divorced Charles Frederick Herreshoff.
On November 6, 1912, on Mare Island in Vallejo, California, Shapley married Lloyd Stowell Shapley, who later became a United States Navy Captain and Military Governor of Guam. Shapley had three children from her previous marriage, Alan, Elizabeth Sult, and Sylvia.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/shapleighshapley00berr/page/272/mode/2up |title=The Shapleigh, Shapley and Shappley Families: A Comprehensive Genealogy, 1635–1993 |publisher=Gateway Press, Inc. |page=273 |first=Brian Joe Lobley |last=Berry |date=1993 |accessdate=November 13, 2021}}
Shapley's son Alan Shapley (1903-1973) became a Lieutenant General of the United States Marine Corps. He was a survivor of USS Arizona (BB-39).
On April 25, 1918, Shapley's daughter Elizabeth Harrison Shapley became a sponsor of USS Kilty (DD-137).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dddiTGPC4_0C&pg=PA111 |title=Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors, 1913-1923 |page=111 |publisher=The Plimpton Press
|first1=Anne Martin |last1=Hall |first2=Edith Wallace |last2=Benham |date=1925 |accessdate=November 13, 2021}}
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