Catherine Filene Shouse | |
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 Shouse, c. 1913 | |
| Born | Catherine Filene June 9, 1896 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 14, 1994 (aged 98) Naples, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College Radcliffe College Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, researcher, philanthropist |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) National Medal of Arts (1994) |
Catherine Filene Shouse (June 9, 1896 – December 14, 1994) was an American researcher and philanthropist. She graduated in 1918 from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts.[1] She worked for the Women's Division of the U.S. Employment Service of the Department of Labor, and was the first woman appointed to the Democratic National Committee in 1925. She was also the editor of the Woman's National Democratic Committee's Bulletin (1929–32), and the first woman to chair the Federal Prison for Women Board.
Shouse was a strong supporter of the arts and served as chair of the President's Music Committee's Person-to-Person Program (1957–1963). In 1966 she donated her personal property, Wolf Trap Farm, to the National Park Service. This farm would go on to become Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, where Shouse would serve as founder until her death in 1994.
- ^ "Shouse, Catherine Filene. Papers, 1878–1998: A Finding Aid". Oasis.lib.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-07-29.