Maud Wilde (née, Shaw; 1880–1965) was an American pediatrician and author. She founded the Mothers' Educational Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Early life and education
editLulu Maud (or Maude) Shaw was born in Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, 1880.[1] Her parents were Sylvester Irving Shaw and Roza (Neely) Shaw. At the age of six months, the family relocated to Durango, Colorado.[2]
She attended the schools of Durango, and then studied medicine and oral surgery at the University of Denver.[2]
Career
editShe moved to Mercur, Utah after graduation, where she married Thomas Bancroft Wilde (1865–1925), mayor of the city. Their children were Dorothy and Thomas B.[1] After relocating to Philadelphia for five years, she studied psychology, obstetrics. and pediatrics.[2]
In approximately 1912, she came to California.[1] The following year, she became the chair of the Public Health department for the Los Angeles District Federation of Women's Clubs.[2] In 1916, she founded Mothers' Educational Center in Los Angeles, California. She was the author of The Business of Being a Mother and The Story of Life. Wilde was a member of the Woman's City Club and the University Book Club.[1]
Death
editMaud Wilde made her home in Los Angeles,[1] where she died on November 12, 1965.[3]
Selected works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A. (1928). Women of the West: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the United States of America. Publishers Press. p. 96. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d McGroarty, John Steven (1933). "V. Gerald Iaquinta (transcriber)". California of the South. Vol. IV. Clarke Publ. pp. 133–135. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via goldennuggetlibrary.sfgenealogy.org.
- ^ "Lulu Maud Shaw 1880–1965". familysearch.org. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
