Edith Brake West (born June 18, 1885) was an American educator. She conducted a ground-breaking survey of county organizations which was recognized by the National Federation of Women's Clubs
Edith Brake West (born June 18, 1885) was an American educator. She conducted a ground-breaking survey of county organizations which was recognized by the National Federation of Women's Clubs
Edith Brake was born on June 18, 1885, in Fowler, Indiana, the daughter of Edwin V. and Mary Brake. [1]
Fowler is a town in Center Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,317 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
She graduated from the Colorado Teacher's College and did post-graduate work at University of Denver and University of California. [1]
The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States with an organization revenue of $300 million. DU enrolls approximately 5,600 undergraduate students and 6,100 graduate students. The 125-acre (0.51 km2) main campus is a designated arboretum and is located primarily in the University Neighborhood, about five miles (8 km) south of downtown Denver.
The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-system public higher education plan, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges System.
Edith Brake West was active in civic and club work. [1]
She was assistant superintendent of schools for Denver County, Colorado. [1]
She taught in Colorado, Nevada and California. [1]
From 1911 to 1914, she was the president of the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs, and from 1918 to 1920 she was director from Nevada of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She was vice-chairman of the Junior Memberships of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She was the life secretary of the Presidents of 1912 of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She compiled a collection of Nevada Poems for the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs. [1]
The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of over 3,000 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improvements through volunteer service. Many of its activities and service projects are done independently by local clubs through their communities or GFWC's national partnerships. GFWC maintains nearly 100,000 members throughout the United States and internationally. GFWC remains one of the world's largest and oldest nonpartisan, nondenominational, women's volunteer service organizations.
She was a member of the Fruitvale Women's Club, Rockridge Women's Club, Women's City Club of Oakland and East Bay. [1]
In May 1925 she conducted a survey of county organizations which was recognized by the National Federation of Women's Clubs. For the first time in the history of federated clubs the actual accomplishment and the organization of these bodies were set forth. [2]
In December 1944, she publicly supported the restoration of rights for the Japanese-American citizenship and advocated the restitution of their properties. [3]
A former resident of Nevada, Edith Brake West moved to California in 1921 and lived at 2023 19th Ave., Oakland, California. [1]
She married George Franklin West and had three children: Franklin, Robert, Marianna. [1]
Antonia Louisa Brico was a conductor and pianist.
The Victory Highway was an auto trail across the United States between New York City and San Francisco, roughly equivalent to the present U.S. Route 40. It was created by the Victory Highway Association, which was organized in 1921 to locate and mark a transcontinental highway to be dedicated to American forces who died in World War I. A series of Victory Eagle sculptures would mark the route, although only six were completed.
Victoria Vola was an actress who used Vicki Vola as her professional name. She was best known for her portrayal of Edith Miller on both the radio and television runs of Mr. District Attorney.
Eda Warren was an American film editor. She began her Hollywood career as a secretary and started editing films in the late 1920s. Her editing career continued through 1968.
Elizabeth Piper Ensley (1847-1919), was an African American suffragist.. She spent her early life in Boston where she became a teacher in a public school and established a circulating library. She then taught at Howard University in Washington, D.C. with her husband. In the mid-late 1880s they moved to Denver, Colorado. There Ensley joined Denver's relief efforts for the poor and the homeless. She also joined the campaign to put a women's suffrage amendment on the November 1893 ballot in Colorado. She was the treasurer of the Colorado Non-Partisan Equal Suffrage Association, and beginning with a fund of twenty-five dollars, helped gain the money necessary for the campaign. The suffrage amendment was approved in 1893.
Genevieve Fiore (1912–2002) was an American women's rights and peace activist, who was the founder, and served as the executive director, of the Colorado Division of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Her UNESCO Club was founded in the year the clubs were first conceived and was the third organization established in the world. In 1967 she was honored as one of the inductees for the Colorado Women of Achievement Award. She was knighted by Italy in 1975 receiving the rank of Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia. In 1991, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame for her many years of peace activism and work with women's rights issues.
Esto Bates Broughton was an American lawyer, journalist, publicist, and politician, one of the first four women to serve in the California State Assembly when they were elected in 1918. Broughton, who was sworn into office at age 29, was also the youngest woman ever to serve in the California legislature, until her record was broken in 2002.
Hettie Blonde Tilghman (1871–1933) was an American social activist around Oakland, California in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Over the course of her career she held multiple leadership roles in many activist groups while creating and managing day cares and youth clubs. A major advocate for black women and youth in the Bay Area, Tilghman helped pave the way for many activists who would follow her in subsequent generations.
F. Josephine Stevenson was an early 20th century female attorney and State Chairman of Uniform Laws of the National League of Women Voters (1920–21)
Edith Maude Marie Bolte MacCracken was an American club woman and civic leader.
Edith Bristol was the women's editor of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin.
Edith Christensen Wilson was a prominent assistant district attorney of San Francisco, prosecuting cases in the Women's Court.
Edith Daley was the city librarian of San Jose and poet whose verse are in various anthologies.
Harriet T. Averill Haas was an attorney and member of Piedmont Board of Education. She was one of the most highly regarded members of the Alameda County, California bar.
Mabel Barnett Gates was active in club and civic affairs in the Los Angeles County.
Edith Monica Jordan Gardner was an American educator and activist. She was president of the Southern California Social Science Association, Town and Gown Club, Cornell Women's Club of Northern California, Stanford Woman's Club, and the University of California branch of the Equal Suffrage League, among others. She was the head of the History Department at the John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, chairman of the Department of Legislation Oakland Forum, and one of the earliest members of the Sierra Club.
Frances Arcadia Willoughby St. John Chappelle was an Assistant in Psychology at the University of Nevada.
Mary Barker Bates (1845–1924) was a 19th-century American physician and surgeon, practicing in Salt Lake City and Colorado. She was among the first women first admitted to the Denver Medical Society. She joined the staff of the Women's and Children's Hospital in 1885. She was also a vice president of the Colorado Medical Society. Bates served on the Denver School Board.
The California Zephyr is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno. At 2,438 miles (3,924 km), it is Amtrak's second longest route after the Texas Eagle branch to Los Angeles, with travel time between the termini taking approximately 511⁄2 hours. Amtrak claims the route as one of its most scenic, with views of the upper Colorado River valley in the Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada. The modern train is the second iteration of a train named California Zephyr, the original train was privately operated and ran on a different route through Nevada and California.
