Bowles, Dorothy S. (Dorothy Stebbins)

Interviewee married Chester Bowles.

From the description of Reminiscences of Dorothy Stebbins Bowles : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722273

Dorothy S. Bowles: wife of Chester Bowles. who was twice ambassador to India; social worker, 1926-1935; accompanied her husband to Europe when he was International Chairman of the United Nations Appeal for Children (1948), and to India during his appointments as ambassador. She died on November 29, 1989.

From the description of Dorothy Stebbins Bowles papers, 1944-1960 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168081

Dorothy S. Bowles: wife of Chester Bowles. who was twice ambassador to India; social worker, 1926-1935; accompanied her husband to Europe when he was International Chairman of the United Nations Appeal for Children (1948), and to India during his appointments as ambassador. She died on November 29, 1989.

Dorothy Stebbins Bowles was born in 1903. She graduated from Vassar in 1924 and from Smith College School of Social Work in 1926. She carried on a professional career in social work until 1935.

In 1934 she became Chester Bowles' second wife. They had three children: Cynthia, Sally, and Samuel. In her married life Dorothy Bowles continued her interest in social work in addition to adopting the political concerns of her husband. In 1948, when he was International Chairman of the United Nations Appeal for Children, she accompanied him on a tour of Europe. She has also been a member of the United States Committee for UNICEF, and while her husband was Ambassador to India she took the opportunity to study Indian social problems.

She died on November 29, 1989.

From the guide to the Dorothy Stebbins Bowles papers, 1944-1960, (Manuscripts and Archives)