Kate Nichols Trask

Kate Nichols Trask (born May 30, 1853, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 8, 1922, Yaddo, near Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was an American writer and philanthropist remembered as one of the major forces behind the establishment of the Yaddo community for creative artists. Kate Nichols was of a wealthy family and was privately educated. In November 1874 she married Spencer Trask, a banker and financier. Although she had had literary leanings from childhood, it was not until...