Evangeline Atwood

Evangeline Atwood
Born
Maud Evangeline Rasmuson

1906
Sitka, Alaska, United States
DiedNovember 1987
OccupationHistorian
Known forAuthor of numerous works on contemporary Alaska history, namesake of the concert hall at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
Spouse
(m. 1932)
RelativesElmer E. Rasmuson (brother)

Evangeline Atwood (1906–1987) was an American historian, activist, and philanthropist. She was the co-founder of numerous organizations in Alaska, including the Alaska Statehood Association, the Anchorage League of Voters, the Alaska World Affairs Council, Parent-Teacher Council of Anchorage, and the Cook Inlet Historical Society. She was awarded Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society in 1975.[1] In 2009, she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame.[2] Her husband was Robert Atwood and was the co-owner, alongside him, of the Anchorage Times.[3]

  1. ^ "James H. Ducker Historian of the Year - Alaska Historical Society". February 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Pamela. "Evangeline Atwood". Hall of Fame. Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
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