Bowen, Louise de Koven, 1859-
Variant namesLouise deKoven Bowen (1859-1953) was a Chicago philanthopist, social reformer and benefactor of Hull-House. She was the director of the Woman's Club of Chicago and served as Hull-House Treasurer and president of the Board of Directors. She also served as the first president of the Juvenile Protective Association where she supervised research examining such issues as working conditions, racial prejudice, prostitution and popular entertainment and their effects on young people. In 1912, she donated a seventy-two acre summer campsite to Hull-House which became the Bowen Country Club, a country retreat for families from the neighborhood.
From the description of Papers, 1911-1957. (University of Illinois-Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52291011
Philanthropist, community leader, suffragist, Louise deKoven Bowen (1859-1953) was born in Chicago and there devoted most of her adult life to the support of social welfare efforts. For biographical information, see Notable American Women: The Modern Period (1980).
From the description of Scrapbooks, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007672
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referencedIn | Murphy, Mary E., 1883-1948. Mary E. Murphy papers, 1921-1941 | University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC | |
referencedIn | Cox-McCormack, Nancy, 1885-1967. Papers, 1906-2000. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
creatorOf | Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.). [Honorary degrees series] / [Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.]. | Knox College, Seymour Library | |
referencedIn | Chicago Woman's Aid. Records, 1903-1988. | University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC | |
referencedIn | Papers of the Hamilton family, 1818-1974 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. Records, 1900- | University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC | |
creatorOf | Bowen, Louise de Koven, b. 1859. Papers, 1911-1957. | University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC | |
creatorOf | Bowen, Louise de Koven, b. 1859. Scrapbooks, n.d. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1869-1945 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Dummer, Ethel Sturges, 1866-1954. Papers, 1766-1962 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Hamilton family. Additional papers, 1850-1976 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Bowen, Louise. Harriet Martineau as she appeard to her contemporaries; a biographical study. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries |
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associatedWith | Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Chicago Woman's Aid. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Cox-McCormack, Nancy, 1885-1967. | person |
associatedWith | Dummer, Ethel Sturges, 1866-1954. | person |
associatedWith | Hamilton family. | family |
associatedWith | Hamilton family. | family |
correspondedWith | Hicks, Ada, 1900-1988 | person |
correspondedWith | Hicks, Robert, 1900-1987 | person |
associatedWith | Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, b. 1862. | person |
correspondedWith | Murphy, Mary E., 1883-1948. | person |
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Birth 1859