Catherine Filene Shouse

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Catherine Filene Shouse (June 9, 1896 – December 14, 1994) was a researcher and philanthropist. She worked for the Women's Division of the U.S. Employment Service of the Department of Labor, and the Democratic National Committee. She was also the editor of the Woman's National Democratic Committee's Bulletin (1929-32), and the first woman to chair the Federal Prison for Women Board. Finally, she was a strong supporter of the arts, and served as chair of the President's Music Committee's Person-to-Person Program (1957-1963). In 1966 she donated her personal property, Wolf Trap Farm, to the National Park Service. This farm would go on to become Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

[edit] Publications

• Careers for women. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1920.

[edit] External links

• Catherine Filene Shouse (1896-1994)

Catherine Filene Shouse Papers.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.