Chloe Owings, 1883-

Living Through Covered Wagon to Space Ship Age, the first draft of an unpublished autobiography begun in September 1958, is an account of the life of Chloe Owings, social worker. Born in rural Illinois, CO attended Knox Academy, Knox College, St. Louis School of Social Economy and Washington University, and earned highest honors for her doctoral work at the Sorbonne in 1923. Her career as a social worker, educator, researcher, and public speaker included work with the Charity Organization in New York City (1911-1912), the American Relief Clearinghouse in France (1916-1917), the American Red Cross (1918-1919), and the American Social Hygiene Association (1923-1927). During the Depression, she served as assistant director of the Women's Work Division of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. She became Dean of Kekua College, Kekua Park, NY, in 1937. In 1943, she founded the Pasadena Institute for Radio, and in 1951, she established the School of Social Work, University of Guadalajara, Mexico. After retirement in 1952, she remained active in California, as a registrar of voters, and with the Campfire Girls.

From the guide to the Autobiography, c. 1961, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)