Josephine White Bates

Josephine White Bates (8 July 1862 – 20 October 1934) was a Canadian-American author who preferred to use her married name Mrs. E. Lindon Bates.[2] She was the author of several works including A Blind Lead (1886), Bunch-Grass Stories (1892), and Mercury Poisoning in the Industries of New York City and Vicinity (1912).

Josephine White Bates
BornJosephine White
8 July 1862
Portage-du-Fort, Quebec, Canada
Died20 October 1934 (aged 72)[1]
Yorktown, New York, U.S.[1]
Pen nameMrs. E. Lindon Bates
Occupationauthor
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipCanadian, American (after marriage)
Alma materLake Forest College
Spouse
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(m. 1881)​
ChildrenLindon Bates, Jr.

Early years and education

Josephine White was born 8 July 1862 at Portage-du-Fort, Quebec,[3] near Ottawa, Canada, the daughter of George E. and Mary White. She was a student in Lake Forest, Illinois, and at the Lake Forest College, 1876–80.[4]

Career

She married Lindon Wallace Bates (born 1858), a hydraulic engineer, of New York City, on April 6, 1881,[4] becoming a U.S. citizen by marriage.[3] The couple lived in Portland, Oregon for a number of years. She was active in the Preparedness Movement; in 1916, she published a pamphlet "Keep America Safe".[5] In 1908, she became a member of the Lyceum Club, having been sponsored by Lou Henry Hoover. She was also a member of Colony (New York); as well as Fortnightly, and Friday (Chicago).[4] Bates visited with Herbert Hoover and his wife at their Red House in London for several weeks in 1911.[6]

Personal life

Bates' summer home was at Lebanon Park, in Mount Lebanon, New York, while the rest of the year, her address was 615 Fifth Avenue, in New York City.[4] Her son Lindon Bates, Jr. also became an engineer;[5] he later perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[7]

Bates died in Yorktown, New York.[1]

Selected works
  • A Blind Lead: The Story of a Mine (1888)
  • A Nameless Wrestler (1889)
  • Armaïs and others (1892)
  • Bunch-grass Stories (1895)

References
  1. New York, Death Index, 1852-1956
  2. Wadsworth & Wiegand 2012, p. 105.
  3. "FamilySearch: Oauth2 Request Error". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. Leonard & Marquis 1920, p. 194.
  5. Baym 2012, p. 268.
  6. Allen 2000, p. 54.
  7. "Lindon Bates, Jr. "Hero Of The Lusitania" Collection Comes To The Hoover Archives". The Hoover Institution.

Bibliography

Attribution
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1920). Who's who in America (Public domain ed.). Marquis Who's Who.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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