Edith Bolte MacCracken
Edith Bolte MacCracken | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 16, 1869 |
| Died | April 1946 (aged 77) |
| Occupations | Clubwoman, civic leader |
| Spouse |
Samuel Gordon MacCracken
(m. 1900) |
| Children | 3 |
Edith Maude Marie Bolte MacCracken (February 16, 1869 – April 1946) was an American clubwoman and civic leader.[1]
Early life
Edith Maude Marie Bolte was born on February 16, 1869, in Chicago, the daughter of William Henry Bolte and Jane Usher Baker.[2]
Career
Edith Bolte MacCracken was president of the Ashland Civic Club; president of the District Federation of Women's Clubs; State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution.[2]
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the General Society of the War of 1812.[2]
From 1934 to 1935 she was the president of the American Legion Auxiliary to the Jackson County Medical Society. In April 1935 she conducted a survey to collect biographical data of Jackson County physicians from 1850 to 1935.[3]
Personal life
Edith Bolte MacCracken moved to Oregon in 1916 and lived in Ashland, Oregon.[2]
On March 15, 1900, in Chicago, she married Dr. Samuel Gordon MacCracken, the vice-president of the Jackson County Medical Society in 1924, and had three children: Chester Caldwell, Charles Gordon, Elliott Bolte.[2][3]
She died in April 1946.[3]
Legacy
The Edith Bolte MacCracken Collection on the History of the Physicians of Jackson County, 1935-1946 is hosted at Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives.[3]
References
- ↑ Leasher, Evelyn. "Oregon Women: A Bio-Bibliography". Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 161. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 3 4 "Edith Bolte MacCracken Collection on the History of the Physicians of Jackson County, 1935-1946". Retrieved 2 September 2017.