Mrs. Gertrude Taylor (Sweenie) was extremely active in the cat fancy from 1917 to the late 1930's, serving as both CFA Vice-President and President. A breeder of Siamese, she was also well known for her mail-order cattery supply business. Sources tells us that it was not unknown for Mrs. Taylor to "smell up" her apartment building on weekends when she "cooked" her potions to sell to cat fanciers.
Mrs. Taylor also had a hand in keeping the cat fancy informed, through publication of The Cat Courier magazine, which she took over on the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Brace of Rochester, NY.
Read more about Mrs. Taylor's part in the early Cat Fancy days here:
http://cat-o-pedia.org/people-GertrudeTaylor.html
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