Diskussion:Harriet Williams Russell Strong

Gründungspräsidentin des Ebell Clubs

"A woman of broad interests, Harriet Strong belonged to the Ruskin Art Club and the Friday Morning Club, served as vice president of the Los Angeles Symphony Association, and was founding president of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles. She helped form the San Gabriel Valley Flood Control Association and the San Gabriel Valley Landowners' League and was a founder of the First Christian Science Church of Whittier. Also a composer, she wrote the music for several poems, including "The Maine Remembered" and "Our Navy Rules the Seas." An effective leader, she rallied support to save the Pio Pico home when it was threatened with demolition so its adobe bricks could be used for approaches to a new bridge over the Rio Hondo (one successful fund-raising event was "A Whole Ox Barbeque la Mexicana," held in 1909). (31) The restored adobe ranch house anchors the site designated in 1927 as the Pio Pico State Historic Park." https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Harriet+Russell+Strong%3A+horticulturalist,+conservationist,+and...-a0178218949 Sixstringsdown (Diskussion) 17:53, 12. Dez. 2016 (CET)