Cornelia Cole Fairbanks

Cornelia Cole Fairbanks
Second Lady of the United States
In role March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
Vice President	Charles W. Fairbanks
Preceded by	Edith Roosevelt
Succeeded by	Carrie Sherman
President General, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
In office 1901–1905
Preceded by	Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning
Succeeded by	Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean
Personal details
Born	Cornelia Cole (1852-01-14)January 14, 1852 Marysville, Ohio, U.S.
Died	October 24, 1913(1913-10-24) (aged 61) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Resting place	Crown Hill Cemetery
Spouse	Charles W. Fairbanks ​ ​ (m. 1874)​
Children	5: Adelaide Robert Richard Frederick Warren
Education	Ohio Wesleyan University (BA)

Cornelia "Nellie" Cole Fairbanks (January 14, 1852 – October 24, 1913) was the wife of Charles W. Fairbanks, the 26th vice president of the United States. During her husband's tenure she held the unofficial position of the second lady of the United States from 1905 to 1909. She was a leader in the women's suffrage movement and considered a pathfinder to politics for American women in the 20th and 21st centuries.