Born on March 27, 1861[1] to Matilda Joslyn Gage and Henry Hill Gage[2] Maud was the youngest of their four children.[3] She had two sisters, Helen Leslie Gage and Julia Gage Carpenter, and a brother, Thomas Clarkson Gage.[4] Her mother was a feminist who fought for women's rights, and her father was a prosperous dry-goods retailer.[2] A relative noted that Maud's mother was a woman of force who