Mabel Barnett Gates

Mabel Barnett Gates (1875 - June 1944) was active in club and civic affairs in the Los Angeles County.

Early life[edit]

Mabel Barnett was born in 1875 in Keokuk, Iowa, the daughter of Frank Barnett (1832-1920) and Naomi Barrett (1837-1926).[1]

Career[edit]

Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles

Mabel Barnett Gates was very active in club and civic affairs.[1]

She was the first vice-president Ebell of Los Angeles and president of the Los Angeles Browning Society.[1][2][3][4] In 1915 Gates represented Ebell Club at the 14th annual California Federation of Women's Club in San Francisco.[5] In 1920 she contributed a poem, To Robert Browning, to the anthology Homage to Robert Browning.[6]

She was first vice-president of La Canada Thursday Club.[1][7]

She was on the committees for Hospitality, Finance and Browning Class of the Hollywood Club.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Mabel Barnett Gates move to California in 1910 and lived at 5027 Louise Drive, La Canada, California. She married Emerson Clyde Gates (1866-1938) and had two daughter, Maude Hill Gates and Dorothy Gates (married Charles Frederick Foster).[1][9][10]

She died in June 1944, and is buried at Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Missouri.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. p. 46. Retrieved 8 August 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Ebell Club Undecided - 06 May 1928, Sun • Page 70". The Los Angeles Times: 70. 1928. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Browning Club Elects - 18 Jun 1914, Thu • Page 17". The Los Angeles Times: 17. 1914. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. ^ "The Browning Club - 12 Nov 1916, Sun • Page 25". The Los Angeles Times: 25. 1916. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Ebell Club Delegates - 02 May 1915, Sun • Page 21". The Los Angeles Times: 21. 1915. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  6. ^ Tanner, Aleph; Sterling, George (1920). Homage to Robert Browning. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. ^ "La Canada Has Annual Voting - 06 May 1928, Sun • Page 70". The Los Angeles Times: 70. 1928. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Hollywood Club - 23 Sep 1917, Sun • Page 44". The Los Angeles Times: 44. 1917. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  9. ^ "A Surprise Party - 28 Jul 1906, Sat • Page 1". Woodland Daily Democrat: 1. 1906. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Fosters to Sail for Honolulu - 09 Dec 1934, Sun • Page 45". Oakland Tribune: 45. 1934. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  11. ^ "14 Jun 1944, Wed • Page 15". The Los Angeles Times: 15. 1944. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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