Edson, Katherine Philips, 1870-1933.

Katherine Philips was born in 1870; married Charles Farwell Edson and moved to Antelope Valley, CA; moved to Los Angeles, 1899; member and later vice president (1908-11) of the Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, organizing campaigns for pure milk examinations and women's suffrage; association with Progressive Party politics brought her to work on gubernatorial campaign of Hiram Johnson; member, Progressive Party State Central Committee, 1912-16; appointed, California Industrial Welfare Commission, helping to pass state minimum wage and hour laws, 1913; member, executive committee, State Republican Party, 1916-20; member, Republican National Committee, 1920; appointed, American Advisory Board at the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments in Washington, DC, 1921; headed CA Division of Industrial Welfare, 1927-31; died in 1933.

From the description of Papers, 1909-1934. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38060787

Biography

Katherine Philips was born in 1870; married Charles Farwell Edson and moved to Antelope Valley, California; moved to Los Angeles, 1899; member and later vice president (1908-11) of the Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, organizing campaigns for pure milk examinations and women's suffrage; association with Progressive Party politics brought her to work on gubernatorial campaign of Hiram Johnson; member, Progressive Party State Central Committee, 1912-16; appointed, California Industrial Welfare Commission, helping to pass state minimum wage and hour laws, 1913; member, executive committee, State Republican Party, 1916-20; member, Republican National Committee, 1920; appointed, American Advisory Board at the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments in Washington, D.C., 1921; headed California Division of Industrial Welfare, 1927-31; died in 1933.

From the guide to the Katherine Philips Edson Papers, 1909-1934, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)