And this from the Landsburger biography of Steinitz. Miss Foot was apparently a cousin of Steinitz
And this nice summary from Tartajubow On Chess
In December, 1895 the Women’s Chess Club of New York was incorporated with Miss Foot as the president, a position she held until the time of her death. The club was to become the leading chess organization for women in the US. Members included Nellie Showalter (wife of American champion Jackson W. Showalter) and Harriet Worrall. They elected as honorary members the English women’s champion Mary Rudge (1845-1919) and Irish women’s champion Mrs. Thomas Rowland (Frideswide Beechey) (1843-1919). The Women’s Chess Club of New York lasted until 1949. In 1909 Mrs. Foot wrote a book on chess puzzles, becoming the first American woman chess author.
Their meetings were held at the Town and County Club on East Twenty-second Street, on Tuesday afternoons. There were seven chess tables and the code of conduct of the Manhattan Chess Club was displayed on the wall so that in the case of a dispute, the members could refer to it. The rule was that members had to abide by the Manhattan code. Once a month Major Hanham, one of the masters from the Manhattan Chess Club, visited the Women's Club to play simultaneous games against anyone present. Apparently later they moved to the Carnegie Building.
The first international chess tournament for women players that was held in London in the summer of 1897 had six cash prizes and a brilliancy prize offered by Baron Albert de Rothschild. The US was represented by Mrs. Harriet Worrall, of Brooklyn and Miss Foot was the reserve. Mrs. Nellie Showalter was selected but she declined to play.
According to an article in the New York Tribune dated December 16, 1906 she also served as director of the MacDowell Club. The MacDowell Club of New York was one of many women's clubs by the same name around the country supporting the MacDowell Colony, the artists’ retreat in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The MacDowell Clubs around the country were part of a social movement to promote music and art in America. Organized in 1905, the MacDowell Club was initially located at the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
On December 6, 1914 near the Manhattan Chess Club during a stormy evening, Miss Foot was carrying an umbrella which apparently blocked her view of an oncoming vehicle as it came around the corner. She was struck and killed instantly; the driver never stopped.
According to several sources Miss Foot was cousin to Steinitz and in 1893 she challenged him to a correspondence game which he accepted. She won the game and took great pride in her accomplishment although it was reported by a Dr. Pollock that Steinitz had played the game without looking at the board. His play in the complications would seem to confirm that. Still, Mrs. Foot played a good game and her pride in her accomplishment is understandable. http://tartajubow.blogspot.com/2014/09/eliza-campbell-foot.html
And lastly, here is the game played against Steinitz
[Event "Correspondence, Blindfold"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eliza Campbell Foot"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1893.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Bd6 12. d4 O-O 13. c3 c5 14. Na3 a6 15. Nc2
Bb7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qe1 Nd5 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Qg3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb6 21. Nd7 Qa7
22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Bg4 Rc7 24. Bd2 Nac6 25. Kh1 Nxd4 26. Rac1 f5 27. Rxc7 Bxc7
28. Bd1 a5 29. Bc3 Ba6 30. Re1 Bb5 31. a4 Bd3 32. Bb3 Qc5 33. Rc1 Ke8 34. Bd1
Ne6 35. Bh5+ Kd7 36. Bd2 Qb6 37. Nc4 Qb8 38. Ne5+ Bxe5 39. fxe5 Qxb2 40. Qf2
Qd4 41. Qxd4+ Nxd4 42. Bxa5 Ndc6 43. Bc3 g6 44. Bd1 Nd5 45. Kg1 g5 46. Bb2 Nf4
47. Kf2 Na5 48. Bc3 Nc4 49. a5 e3+ 50. Kg1 Be4 51. a6 Bxg2 52. a7 Be4 53. Bc2
1-0
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