Английская Википедия:Alice Ames Winter
Alice Ames Winter (November 25, 1865 – April 5, 1944) was an American litterateur,Шаблон:Sfn author and clubwoman. She served as president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC).
Early years and education
Alice Vivian Ames was born in Albany, New York, November 25, 1865.Шаблон:Sfn[1] Her parents were Rev. Charles Gordon and Fanny Baker Ames,Шаблон:Sfn philanthropist and women's rights activist. She had three siblings, including a sister, Edith Theodora Ames; a brother, Theodore, who died in infancy; and a half brother, Charles Wilberforce Ames.Шаблон:Sfn Her ancestors included Francis and John Cooke, and Richard Warren who arrived in the United States in 1620 on the Mayflower.Шаблон:Sfn
Winter was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts.Шаблон:Sfn She graduated from Wellesley College in 1886 with a B.A. degree, and in 1889 with an M.A. degree.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
During the period of 1890 to 1892, Winter worked as a teacher, and in the 1890s, she served as president of the Minneapolis Kindergarten Association.Шаблон:Sfn She was one of the founders and was the first president (1907-15) of the Minneapolis Woman's Club.Шаблон:Sfn
During World War I, she was chairman of the Council of National Defense Minnesota Woman's Committee and the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety Women's Auxiliary. She also served as director of the Minnesota Child Labor Commission,Шаблон:Sfn and of the Minneapolis chapter of the American Red Cross.Шаблон:Sfn Winters used the connections that she made on these committees to further the cause of woman suffrage.
After the war, she continued her organizational activities as vice-president (1918-20) and president (1920-24) of the GFWC.Шаблон:Sfn In 1920, she was affiliated with the establishment of the Women's Joint Congressional Committee.Шаблон:Sfn In 1928, she served as director of the Home Women's Bureau and the Republican National Committee.Шаблон:Sfn Winter was a member of Clio, the Minnesota Playground Association, League of American Pen Women, New Century, Shakespeare Club, and the Woman's Friday Morning Club.Шаблон:Sfn
Her works included Prize to the Hardy, Bobbs-Merrill, 1905; Jewell Weed, 1907; and Charles Ames, a Biography, Houghton. Mifflin, 1913.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life
On June 25, 1892, she married Thomas Gerald Winter, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn They had a son, Charles Gilbert, and a daughter, Edith Winter Ames. In religion, Winter was a Unitarian.Шаблон:Sfn
She died April 5, 1944.[1] Her papers are held at the Hoover Institution.[2]
Selected works
- How shall we judge a motion picture?, 19??
- The Prize to the Hardy. With drawings by R.M. Crosby. (A novel), 1905
- Jewel Weed. With illustrations by Harrison Fisher, 1906
- Women's Clubs To-day, 1921
- To American women : a plea, 1922
- The business of being a club woman, 1925
- The little woman who made a great war, 1927
- The Heritage of Women, 1928
- What do we want of a president?., 1928
- Hopeful tides in American politics, 1928
- A woman's reason in politics, 1928
- Better pictures in your home town : suggestions to local better films committees, 1932
- Motion picture study program : in four numbers, 1936
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