Laura J. Frakes was an American educator and civic worker, and the grand secretary of the Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Early life
editLaura J. Frakes was a native of California.[1]
Career
editLaura J. Frakes was a very active civic worker and educator. She taught in Plumas County, California.[2] She was a literary writer of note. She was a member of National Press Bureau.[1]
She was one of the founders, charter member and grand secretary of Amapola Parlor, No. 80, part of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, Sutter Creek, Amador County, California.[1]
She was the president of the Sutter Creek Women's Civic Club.[1]
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.[1]
Personal life
editOn December 29, 1926, in Reno, Nevada, Laura J. Frakes married James Toman, a well-known mineralogist, geologist and mining expert.[2] She lived at Wildwood Cottage, Clear Lake Villas, Upper Lake, California.[1]
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. 44. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Former Plumas Teacher Married in Nevada – 13 Jan 1927, Thu • Page 1". Plumas Independent: 1. 1927. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
