Kathryn Agar Jaicks (April 3, 1902[1] – March 1987) was an American athlete and businesswoman. She was one of the thirteen athletes to represent the United States at the 1922 Women's World Games in Paris.
Kathryn Agar | |
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 Kathryn Agar, from a 1922 publication | |
| Born | 1902 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 1987 Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | Kathryn Jaicks, Catherine Agar |
| Occupation(s) | Athlete, businesswoman |
| Known for | 1922 Women's World Games |
| Relatives | John Agar (nephew) |
Early life and education
editAgar was born in Chicago, the daughter of James Scanlon Agar and Minnie Adele Dye Agar. Her father owned a meatpacking company.[2][3] She graduated from the Faulkner School for Girls in Chicago, and attended the Oaksmere School in New York.[4][5] Actor John Agar was her nephew.[2]
Career
editAgar and her older sister Louise were both known as athletes in Chicago as teenagers.[6] She qualified for the United States team at 1922 Women's World Games in Paris[7] when she set the new American record for the javelin throw at Mamaroneck.[4][8] She also played basketball, ran on a relay team, and participated in the baseball throw events at the Paris games. The team of thirteen athletes appeared in newspapers across the United States, at a time of public and medical interest in the merits of running as an exercise for women.[9]
Later in life, Jaicks ran the Lake Forest office of Quinlan and Tyson, a Chicago real estate company.[10][11]
Personal life
editIn the late 1920s, Agar married her older sister Ruth's widower, contractor Wilson Askew Jaicks.[12][13] She became a mother to her three young nephews, including Agar Jaicks, a Democratic Party organizer in San Francisco.[14] Her daughter Nancy Jaicks Alexander was an Episcopalian church worker who founded a prison hospice program in California.[15] Her husband died in 1967,[16] and she died in 1987, at the age of 84, at a hospital in Lake Forest, Illinois.[11]
References
edit- ^ Birth date from Agar's 1922 United States passport application, via Ancestry.
- ^ a b "James S. Agar". Chicago Tribune. 1945-09-30. p. 36. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. Jas. Agar, Wife of Packer, is Dead at 60". Chicago Tribune. 1927-06-26. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Tricard, Louise Mead (1996-01-01). American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980. McFarland. pp. 72–74, 95–96. ISBN 978-0-7864-0219-9.
- ^ "Selected for International Track Meet in Paris, August 20th". The Lawton News. 1922-07-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chicago Section" The National Provisioner 49(August 30, 1913): 35.
- ^ Bolton, Steve (October 10, 2022). "1922 US Women Pioneers of Track and Field: A Tribute to the Women who Crossed the Atlantic". Playing Pasts. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Girls of Track and Field" Outing 80(5)(August 1922): 208.
- ^ Stewart, Harry Eaton (1922-08-06). "Girl Athletes Now on Way to France for Women's International Games". New York Herald. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "On the QT: It's a Venerable Firm". The Daily Herald. 1969-04-11. p. 80. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Helse, Kenan (1987-03-20). "Kathryn Jaicks, Athlete, Agar Heir". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Three Weddings of Interest". The Ashton Gazette. 1921-01-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wife of Highway Contractor Died". The Ashton Gazette. 1927-03-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rubenstein, Steve. "Agar Jaicks, fixture of SF Democratic politics, dies at 93" SF Gate (October 25, 2016).
- ^ "Nancy Alexander Obituary (1933 - 2022)". San Francisco Chronicle, via Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Obituary for Jaicks Wilson". Chicago Tribune. 1967-06-15. p. 110. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.