Augusta W. Urquhart
Augusta W. Urquhart (née Wynkoop; often referred to in print after marriage as Mrs. John C. Urquhart; 1870–1960) was an American social leader and clubwoman, interested in civic and international affairs. She served as president of the California State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and president of the Western States Federation of Women's Clubs.
Biography
[edit]Augusta Wynkoop was born in Crestline, Ohio in 1870. Her parents were Henry W. and Mary C. Wynkoop.[1]
She lived in California since 1913. Her husband was Dr. John C. Urquhart.[1]
Associated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Urquhart was President of the Western States Federation of Women's Clubs, 1927–28. Previously, she served as California State president, Federation of Women's Clubs, 1923–25, and as president, Los Angeles District Federation of Women's Clubs, 1921–23.[1][2] While serving as president of the State Federation, Urquhart led a major fundraising campaign for the State Federation's 90 acres (36 ha) redwood grove at North Dyerville Flat, California.[3]
Urquhart was the first president of the California State WCTU.[2] She later served as the National WCTU's director in the department of motion pictures.[4]
She was president, Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club; chair, Americanization for Los Angeles District Federation of Women's Clubs; and organizer and chair, Women's Law Enforcement Committee of Southern California. In addition, she was a member of the Friday Morning Club and the Woman's Athletic Club.[1] A member of the Los Angeles League of Women Voters, she served as the league's chair of International Co-Operation to Prevent War.[5]
Augusta Urquhart died in Pasadena, California, on January 13, 1960. Interment was at Hollywood Cemetery.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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. Publishers Press. p. 90. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c "Services Set for Former Club Leader. Augusta Wynkoop Urquhart". Los Angeles Mirror. 14 January 1960. p. 8. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wasserman, Laura; Wasserman, James (1 May 2019). Who Saved the Redwoods: The Unsung Heroines of the 1920s Who Fought for Our Redwood Forests. Algora Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-62894-375-7. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ United States Congress House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1940). Motion-picture Films (compulsory Block and Blind Selling): Hearing ... Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session on S. 280, a Bill to Prohibit and to Prevent the Trade Practices Known as Compulsory Block Booking and Blind Selling in the Leasing of Motion-picture Films in Interstate and Foreign Commerce. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Part Played by Women". Monrovia Daily News. 27 September 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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