Watkins, Louise Ward, 1890-1974
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Watkins, Louise Ward, 1890-1974
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Louise Whipple Ward Watkins, leader in women's rights, California politics, and Los Angeles organizations, came to California from New York with her family when she was fifteen years old. Louise studied dramatics in New York and law at the University of Southern California, and in 1915 she married Edward Francis Watkins. Mrs. Watkins was active in the cause of woman suffrage, women's clubs, the Japan American Society, and Republican politics. She served on several state commissions, founded the Southern California Republican Women (1935), and ran for the U.S. Senate in 1938.
Civic leader of Los Angeles, Calif.
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Women
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Women civic leaders
Women political activists
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