Edith Jordan Gardner
Edith Monica Jordan Gardner (February 17, 1877 – June 16, 1965) was an American educator, specialized in history and an activist, including woman's suffrage and in the Sierra Club. She was president of the Southern California Social Science Association, Town and Gown Club, Cornell Women's Club of Northern California, Stanford Woman's Club, and the University of California branch of the Equal Suffrage League, among others. She was the head of the History Department at the John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, chairman of the Department of Legislation Oakland Forum, and one of the earliest members of the Sierra Club.
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Edith Monica Jordan in 1909 | |
| Born | Edith Monica Jordan February 17, 1877 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | June 16, 1965 (aged 88) Redwood City, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA) Cornell University (MA) |
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Nathaniel Lyon Gardner
(m. 1915; died 1937) |
| Partner(s) | Edward Berwick, Jr. (1909) |
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