| Josephine White Bates | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Josephine White 8 July 1857 Portage-du-Fort, Canada East |
| Died | 20 October 1934 (aged 72) Yorktown, New York, U.S. |
| Pen name | Mrs. E. Lindon Bates |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | Canadian, American (after marriage) |
| Alma mater | Lake Forest College |
| Spouse |
Lindon Wallace Bates
(m. 1881) |
| Children | Lindon 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. 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
Josephine White was born 8 July 1857 at Portage-du-Fort, Canada East 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.
Career
She married Lindon Wallace Bates (born 1858), a hydraulic engineer, of New York City, on April 6, 1881, becoming a U.S. citizen by marriage. 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". 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). Bates visited with Herbert Hoover and his wife at their Red House in London for several weeks in 1911.
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. Her son Lindon Bates, Jr. also became an engineer; he later perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Bates died in Yorktown, New York.
Selected works
- A Blind Lead: The Story of a Mine (1888)
- A Nameless Wrestler (1889)
- Armaïs and others (1892)
- Bunch-grass Stories (1895)
References
- ^ New York, Death Index, 1852-1956
- Wadsworth & Wiegand 2012, p. 105.
- ^ "FamilySearch: Oauth2 Request Error". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ Leonard & Marquis 1920, p. 194.
- ^ 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. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-313-31466-7.
- Baym, Nina (17 August 2012). Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07884-2.
- 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 978-1-55849-928-7.
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.
