Bessie Barriscale was an American silent-film and stage actress, and a major star for producer Thomas Ince in the late 1910s.
Mabel Van Buren was an American stage and screen actress from Chicago, Illinois.
Mabel Julienne Scott was an American stage and silent movie actress.
The California Art Club (CAC) is one of the oldest and most active arts organizations in California. Founded in December 1909, it celebrated its centennial in 2009 and into the spring of 2010. The California Art Club originally evolved out of The Painters Club of Los Angeles, a short-lived group that lasted from 1906–09. The new organization was more inclusive, as it accepted women, sculptors and out of state artists. Most of the major early California painters belonged to the CAC, including Franz Bischoff (1864–1929), Carl Oscar Borg (1879–1947), Edgar Payne (1883–1947), Julia Bracken Wendt (1868–1942), and William Wendt (1865–1946). As the members of the first generation of California Plein-Air Painters aged and died, the membership was filled by younger professional painters, including Millard Sheets (1907–1989), Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), Emil Kosa, Jr. (1903–1968), and watercolorist Rex Brandt (1914–2000), along with amateur painters and commercial artists. Other notable members include Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), Dean Cornwell (1892–1960), Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955), Sam Hyde Harris (1889–1977), Alfredo Ramos Martinez (1872–1946), and Richard Neutra (1892–1970).
Orpha Mae Klinker (1891–1964) was an American artist well known for her California plein air landscape paintings and etchings as well as her portraiture and early California historic sites. She was also an active illustrator and graphic designer. Klinker was recognized for her series of historical and pioneer paintings. She painted a series of portraits of notable Californians and memorialized many historic early California structures on canvas. On October 14, 1963, she was awarded a resolution by the City Council of Los Angeles, recognizing her outstanding professional skill and appreciation for the many honors she has brought to the city. The commendatory scroll praised Klinker for her role as an oil painter and mentioned many of her portrait subjects such as General John C. Frémont, Andrés Pico, José Antonio Carrillo and Dr. Joseph P. Widney.
Vera Aleece Elizabeth MacIndoe Gilmore who wrote under the pen-name of Betty Gilmore, was the founder and president of the California Women of Golden West.
Pearlretta Weller Severance DuPuy was a noted zither player, and later she became a member of the San Pedro Woman's Club, in addition to being a lecturer and parliamentarian.
Ida M. Reagan was the first librarian of the Butte County Free Library.
Dora Messing Meyberg was very active in civic and club affairs, the first President of Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America.
Nannie C. Straus Dunsmoor was an American doctor and one of the first woman physicians in California. She continued to practice into her 80s. She was the oldest active member in the United States of the Soroptimist Club.
Ada Bell Harper Maescher was an American club woman and president of the De Luxe Building Company, a home building and architecture design firm. She was one of the most successful women contractors in the United States during the early 1920s.
Effie Adelaide Payne Austin a professional musician and club woman.
Dora A. Smith Stearns was very active in civic and club affairs and a leader in the movement for drafting and passing the minimum wage law for women in California.
Laura Mabel Blackstock Dunn was an American clubwoman.
Sally Starks Emory was the president of Girls' Friendly Society and vice-chairman of the board of the American Red Cross.
Ada E. Schnitzer Purpus was the postmaster of Laguna Beach and president of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mabel Driver Mullin was the president of Cosmos Club.
Rose La Monte Burcham was an American physician and mining company executive based in Southern California.
