14 Facts About Clara Burdette

Clara Bradley Baker Wheeler Burdette was an American clubwoman and philanthropist based in Pasadena, California.

Clara Burdette was the first president of the California Federation of Women's Clubs.

Clara Burdette attended Syracuse University, graduating in the class of 1876.

Clara Burdette was one of the founders of the Alpha Phi sorority while she was a student at Syracuse.

Clara Burdette was the first president of the California Federation of Women's Clubs when it was founded in 1900.

Clara Burdette was an officer of the General Federation of Women's Clubs from 1902 to 1904.

Clara Burdette was active in politics, including the 1932 presidential campaign of Herbert Hoover, and in Pasadena social life.

Clara Burdette was a major backer of the Pasadena Maternity Hospital.

Clara Burdette was a founder, second president, and life member of the Ebell Club, a women's social and philanthropic organization in Los Angeles.

Clara Burdette was director of the Southwest Museum and the Pasadena Humane Society.

Clara Burdette wrote a book about her third husband and their church work together, The Rainbow and the Pot of Gold.

Clara Burdette edited some of her writings as Robert J Burdette, His Message.

Clara Burdette first married, in 1878, Nathaniel Milman Wheeler, a professor of Greek literature; they had a son, Roy B Wheeler.

Clara Burdette was widowed a third time when Burdette died in 1914.