Josephine White Bates
Josephine White Bates | |
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| Born | Josephine White 8 July 1862 Portage du Faur, Canada |
| Died | 1934 New York state, US |
| Pen name | Mrs. E. Lindon Bates |
| Occupation | author |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | Canadian, American (after marriage) |
| Alma mater | Lake Forest College |
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| Children | Lindon Bates, Jr. |
Josephine White Bates (8 July 1862 – 1934) was a Canadian-born American author who preferred to use her married name Mrs. E. Lindon Bates.[1] She was the author of A. Blind Lead, 1886; Bunch-Grass Stories, 1892; and Mercury Poisoning in the Industries of New York City and Vicinity, 1912.
Early years and education
Josephine White was born 8 July 1862 at Portage du Faur,[2] near Ottawa, Canada, the daughter of George E. and Mary White. She was a student in Lake Forest, Illinois, and at the Lake Forest College, 1876-80.[3]
Career
She married Lindon Wallace Bates (born 1858), a hydraulic engineer, of New York City, on April 6, 1881,[3] becoming a U.S. citizen by marriage.[2] The couple lived in Portland, Oregon for a number of years. She was active in the Preparedness Movement; in 1916, she published a pamphlet "Keep America Safe".[4] In 1908, she became a member of the Lyceum Club, having been sponsored by Lou Henry Hoover. She was also a member of Colony (New York); as well as Fortnightly, and Friday (Chicago).[3] Bates visited with the Herbert Hoovers at their Red House in London for several weeks in 1911.[5]
Personal life
Bates' summer home was at Lebanon Park, in Mount Lebanon, New York, while the rest of the year, her address was 615 Fifth Avenue, in New York City.[3] Her son Lindon Bates, Jr. also became an engineer;[4] he later perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[6]
Bates died in New York state.[4]
Selected works
- A blind lead : the story of a mine (1888)
- A Nameless Wrestler (1889)
- Armaïs and others (1892)
- Bunch-grass Stories (1895)
References
- ^ Wadsworth & Wiegand 2012, p. 105.
- ^ a b "FamilySearch: Oauth2 Request Error". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d Leonard & Marquis 1920, p. 194.
- ^ a b c Baym 2012, p. 268.
- ^ Allen 2000, p. 54.
- ^ "Lindon Bates, Jr. "Hero Of The Lusitania" Collection Comes To The Hoover Archives". The Hoover Institution.
Bibliography
- Allen, Anne Beiser (2000). An Independent Woman: The Life of Lou Henry Hoover. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-31466-7.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Baym, Nina (17 August 2012). Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07884-2.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Wadsworth, Sarah; Wiegand, Wayne A. (2012). Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Building Library at the World's Columbian Exposition. Univ of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-928-8.
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Attribution
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1920). Who's who in America (Public domain ed.). Marquis Who's Who. {{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help)
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