Kate Rotan

Kate Rotan
Born(1851-03-27)March 27, 1851
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, US
DiedOctober 17, 1931(1931-10-17) (aged 80)
Waco, Texas, US
Burial placeOakwood Cemetery
Known forInaugural president of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
RelativesKatherine Rotan Drinker (daughter)

Kate Sturm McCall Rotan (1851–1931) was an American civic activist from Waco, Texas. She was the organizer and first president of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, earning her the sobriquet "The Mother of the Texas Federation." She was also a regent of the Henry Downs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a National Committeewoman of the Colonial Dames, vice president of the Texas Congress of Mothers, and a member of the state Board of Control. Rotan was an early supporter of the library movement in Texas, which included helping to establish the first traveling library in the state in 1901, and an advocate for new legislation to develop Texas public libraries.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.