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Josephine White Bates

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Josephine White Bates
BornJosephine White
8 July 1857
Portage-du-Fort, Canada East
Died20 October 1934 (aged 72)[1]
Yorktown, New York, U.S.[1]
Pen nameMrs. E. Lindon Bates
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipCanadian, American (after marriage)
Alma materLake Forest College
Spouse
(m. 1881)
ChildrenLindon Bates, Jr.

Josephine White Bates (8 July 1862 – 20 October 1934) was a Canadian-American author who preferred to use her married name Mrs. E. Lindon Bates.[2] She was the author of several works including 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

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Josephine White was born 8 July 1857 at Portage-du-Fort, Canada East[3] near Ottawa, Canada West, the daughter of George E. and Mary White. She was a student in Lake Forest, Illinois, and at the Lake Forest College, 1876–80.[4]

Career

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She married Lindon Wallace Bates (born 1858), a hydraulic engineer, of New York City, on April 6, 1881,[4] becoming a U.S. citizen by marriage.[3] 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".[5] 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).[4] Bates visited with Herbert Hoover and his wife at their Red House in London for several weeks in 1911.[6]

Personal life

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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.[4] Her son Lindon Bates, Jr. also became an engineer;[5] he later perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[7]

Bates died in Yorktown, New York.[1]

Selected works

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  • A Blind Lead: The Story of a Mine (1888)
  • A Nameless Wrestler (1889)
  • Armaïs and others (1892)
  • Bunch-grass Stories (1895)

References

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  1. ^ a b c New York, Death Index, 1852-1956
  2. ^ Wadsworth & Wiegand 2012, p. 105.
  3. ^ a b "FamilySearch: Oauth2 Request Error". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Leonard & Marquis 1920, p. 194.
  5. ^ a b Baym 2012, p. 268.
  6. ^ Allen 2000, p. 54.
  7. ^ "Lindon Bates, Jr. "Hero Of The Lusitania" Collection Comes To The Hoover Archives". The Hoover Institution.

Bibliography

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Attribution

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  • Public Domain 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.
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