Ida Finney Mackrille (1867 – 1960)[1] was an American suffragist and a women's political leader in the State of California. She was known as the “Woman Orator of the West.”[1] From 1911 until 1932, she was active in suffragist movement, and after she remained active in other types of politics.
Biography
Ida Finney was born on August 21, 1867, in Richmond, Indiana, to parents Sara A. Long Finney and Joel J. Finney.[1][2] Her father had served in the 57th Indiana Infantry Regiment.[3] She was raised with two sisters.[4] She married in 1897 to William R. Mackrille, a chief deputy clerk of the California State Supreme Court.[1]
Mackrille served as the first vice-president of the San Francisco Center of the California Civic League, a group that fought for equality for women.[1][5] She was considered one the foremost orators in California, often speaking on women's issues and politics.[5] She served as San Francisco Office Manager for the 1921 Presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding.[2] Later in life she was active in the Tulare County Republican Party and was involved in issues with the newly built, local women's prison.[6][1]
Mackrille owned a vineyard from c.1930 until 1960 in Woodlake, California.[2]
She died on June 4, 1960, at the age of 92 at Exeter Memorial Hospital in Exeter, near her home in Woodlake.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Biographical Sketch of Ida Finney Mackrille". Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary, Vineyardist Dies At 92". The Los Angeles Times. 1960-06-05. p. 62. Retrieved 2021-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Finney Is Buried, Former Richmond Man and Veteran of the Civil War Laid To Rest". Palladium-Item. Palladium-Item news. 25 July 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present, Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families in Wayne County. Western Historical Association. pp. 99–100.
- ^ a b "S.F. Orator Is Selected As Delegate". Newspapers.com. The San Francisco Examiner. 23 May 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ "Ida Mackrille". Tulare Advance-Register. 1960-06-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-01-06.