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Clara Bryant Ford
Wife of Henry Ford (1866–1950)
Clara Jane Bryant Ford (April 11, 1866 – September 29, 1950) was a suffragist and the wife of Henry Ford.
She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Early life
Clara Jane Bryant was born on April 11, 1866, to Melvin S. Bryant, a farmer, and Martha Beach in Wayne County, Michigan, at the intersection of Grand River Road and Greenfield Road.
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The third of ten children, she was baptized on April 19 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Detroit. In 1870, her family moved about half a mile north to another farm in Wayne County. She attended Greenfield Township District No.
3 School.
Later life
Clara was married to Henry Ford from April 11, 1888, until his death on April 7, 1947, four days shy of their 59th wedding anniversary. They had one child: Edsel Ford (1893–1943).
She was with Henry Ford upon his first test of a gasoline engine on December 24, 1891.[2]
Ford was an active suffragist, often holdin