Rhoda Belle Colver (October 3, 1882 - January 24, 1977) was the Club Editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane.
Early life edit
Rhoda Belle Colver was born in Missouri Valley, Iowa, on October 3, 1882, the daughter of James E. (1859-1915) and Emma O. (1858-1939) Colver.[1]
Career edit
R. Belle Colver was the Club Editor of The Spokesman-Review.[1] In those days women were sent to cover only women's club activities and social events.[2]
In August 1917, nine members of the Walking Club, five of them women, went on an 8-day excursion to cross Glacier Park on foot. They established a club record of 105 miles. "Outfitting for the trip was a joy in itself -- skirts were not to be worn!" wrote R. Belle Colver, one of the party "I was lucky enough to have stowed away in the attic my old 'gym' suit and I made it do". R. Belle Colver in "Spokane Walking Club Views Glacier Park on Foot", August 26, 1917, p. 2.[3]
Colver was a delegate to the Biennial National YWCA Convention in New York on 1924.[1]
Colver was the author of "Women of Shakespeare and the Women of the Bible", "Of such stuff are dreams, a one-act play" (1950) and "Nature's wondrous way: selections from poetic verse" (1965).[1][4][5]
As Mowbray Arnold, Colver wrote "Waiilaptu days" (1938).[6]
She was a member of: Spokane Sorosis, Woman's Club of Spokane, Shakespearean Study, American Association of University Women.[1]
Personal life edit
R. Belle Colver moved to Spokane, Washington, in 1908 and lived at 811 E. Walton Ave., Spokane, Washington.[1]
Colver died on January 24, 1977, and is buried with her parents at Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Plot: Lawn-22.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f 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. p. 233. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "15 nov 1983". The Spokesman-Review. 1983. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Maxwell, Ora (1871-1932)". Retrieved 11 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1950. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1966: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1968. p. 218. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series. 1938. p. 175. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
