Sharp, Estelle B. (Estelle Boughton), 1873-1965

Estelle Boughton Sharp was born in Flint Michigan (1873-1965). She attended Oberlin College before marrying prominent Texas oilman and inventor Walter Benona Sharp in 1897. The couple had 3 children and lived in Dallas before moving to Houston in 1904. Mrs. Sharp was a progressive and an active member of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Advisory Board of the Volunteer Prison League, the Federal Food Administration Executive Committee, the War Work Council, the National League for Women's Service, and the League of Women Voters. In the 1950's, she helped finance the Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers at the University of Texas.

From the guide to the Mrs. Walter Benona “Estelle Boughton” Sharp Papers 68-178., 1899-1937, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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