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Grace Foster Herben

January 01, 1970

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Grace Ida Foster Herben (born Grace Ida Foster, 19 September 1864 – 23 July 1938) was an American educator and missionary. The daughter of a minister and the wife of another, her career became intertwined with that of Rev. Stephen J. Herben after their marriage. Beforehand she served as the dean of women at Allegheny College, and afterwards she worked with the Northwestern Branch of the Methodist Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. She was a delegate to the 1910 World Missionary Conference, and was the only woman to serve on the New Jersey Council of National Defense during World War I.

Early life and education edit

Herben was born Grace Ida Foster on 19 September 1864, in Lanark, Illinois.[1][2] Her father was Rev. John Onesimus Foster, a member of the Rock River Conference and chaplain of the Sons of the American Revolution, and her mother Caroline Amelia Foster (née Bolles).[1][2] Foster received voice lessons growing up, singing to audiences on occasion, and eventually training others; in 1887, she put on a concert with 45 singers, trained by her, in order to help fund her education.[3][4] She performed again the following year, at a reunion of the Christian Commission in Round Lake, New York, which she attended with her father.[4] In 1889 she graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Letters.[1][2]

Career edit

Around August 1889,[5] Herben was appointed dean of women at Allegheny College, beginning her duties of 17 September.[6][7] Herben came recommended by Bishop John H. Vincent,[8] also taught history at the school,[9] and served until 1891.[1][2] While working in Pennsylvania, she still spent some time in Chicago.[10] Her 1891 marriage to Rev. Stephen J. Herben largely merged her career with his, with both devoted to the ministry,[1] although from 1891 to 1892 she was also a graduate student at Northwestern.[11]

Herben was involved in the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church since at least 1903.[12] In 1906, she started a college department of the Northwestern Branch of the organization, and served as secretary from 1906 to 1910.[13] The program flourished and was copied by most major denominations.[13] This engineered a further program to attract female college students to missionary work.[13]

Herben was a delegate to the 1910 World Missionary Conference.[14] During World War I, she was the only woman to serve on the New Jersey Council of National Defense, and was the chairman of the publicity department of the Women's Council for National Defense.[15][16] She also chaired both the YWCA,[17] and a committee related to food production, distribution, and conservation,[18][19] and was a member of the Literary and Social Circle of the First Methodist church; in 1918, Mayor H. W. Evans appointed her to represent the town's Community Market at the meeting of the State Board Markets.[20] Shortly after victory was declared in the war, Herben urged that saloons be closed and alcohol sales prohibited on the days of celebration.[21] The following year she traveled to Houston for the annual conference of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, delivering a speech on "Waging Peace".[22]

Personal life edit

Herben married Stephen J. Herben, a Northwestern classmate, on 27 May 1891.[23][24][25][1] They had two children: George Foster Herben, a physician, and Stephen Joseph Herben Jr., a philologist at Bryn Mawr College.[1] Her husband died in February 1937; a resident of Maplewood, New Jersey, she died in July of the following year, in Orange, New Jersey.[14][16][15]

In 1906 Herben was accidentally shot by George Foster Herben while target shooting.[26][27] The bullet lodged above her left knee and was not deemed serious,[26] although her husband's initial refusal to answer questions about the matter led to sensational headlines,[28] such as Lips are Sealed: Rev. Herben's Wife Shot Down.[29]

Publications edit

  • Herben, Grace Foster (1911). "College Department". Annual Report of the Northwestern Branch of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 41: 163.  

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Downs 1938, p. 130.
  2. ^ a b c d Leonard 1914–15, p. 382.
  3. ^ "A concert is to be given at the State Street M. E. Church". The Sunday Inter Ocean. Vol. XVI, no. 157. Chicago, Illinois. 28 August 1887. p. 6. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ a b "Christian Patriotic Reunion". Ocean Grove Record. Vol. XIV, no. 37. Ocean Grove, New Jersey. 15 September 1888. p. 1. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ Wheeler, David H. (3 August 1889). "Allegheny College: Ready for Business—A Statement from Dr. D. H. Wheeler". The Evening Republican. Vol. XI, no. 1557. Meadville, Pennsylvania. p. 1. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  6. ^ "Chicago's Outposts: Evanston". The Sunday Inter Ocean. Vol. XVIII, no. 140. Chicago, Illinois. 11 August 1889. p. 14. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  7. ^ "At Home: How the Young Ladies of Hulings Hall Entertained Their Friends". The Evening Republican. New Series. Vol. IV, no. 582. Meadville, Pennsylvania. 5 November 1889. p. 1. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  8. ^ "Allegheny College: The Fall Term Ready to Open Under Favorable Circumstances". The Evening Republican. New Series. Vol. IV, no. 540. Meadville, Pennsylvania. 17 September 1889. p. 2. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  9. ^ "Allegheny College Faculty: Prof. A. C. Fields, Ph. D., to Fill the Chair of Mathematics". The Evening Republican. New Series. Vol. IV, no. 539. Meadville, Pennsylvania. 16 September 1889. p. 2. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  10. ^ "Allegheny College Notes: The Most Successful Term in the College's History Just Closed". The Pittsburgh Post. Vol. XLIX, no. 88. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 20 December 1890. p. 15. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  11. ^ Atwell 1903, p. 200.
  12. ^ "Program for the Meetings: Convention of New York Branch of W.F.M.S. in Elmira". Elmira Gazette. Elmira, New York. 16 October 1903. p. 5. from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  13. ^ a b c Downs 1938, pp. 130–131.
  14. ^ a b Downs 1938, p. 131.
  15. ^ a b "Mrs. Stephen J. Herben: Widow of Minister Was Long Active in Missionary Work". Obituaries. The New York Times. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 29, 400. New York. 23 June 1938. p. 13. from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Deaths in Jersey". Plainfield Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. 23 July 1938. p. 11. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  17. ^ "Presentations to Rev. Dr. Herben". Westfield. Plainfield Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. 25 October 1918. p. II–6. from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  18. ^ "Garden Committee Elects Officers". Westfield. Plainfield Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. 28 February 1918. p. 6. from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  19. ^ "Busy Session of Food Committee". Westfield. Plainfield Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. 28 June 1918. p. II–4. from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  20. ^ "Mrs. S. J. Herben has been appointed". Westfield. Plainfield Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. 21 January 1918. p. 6. from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  21. ^ "Keeping Up Morale of Employed Girls: Americanism the Keynote to Reconstruction Discussed at Women's Rally". Camden Post-Telegram. New Series. No. 6942. Camden, New Jersey. 21 November 1918. p. 11. from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  22. ^ "Mrs. Dougal MacDougall and Mrs. John A. Tiger". Society and Personal. The Madison Eagle. Vol. XL, no. 40. Madison, New Jersey. 3 October 1919. p. 5. from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  23. ^ "A Pretty Wedding: Marriage of Miss Grace I Foster and Mr. Stephen J. Herben". The Daily Inter Ocean. Vol. XX, no. 65. Chicago, Illinois. 28 May 1891. p. 6. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  24. ^ "The Rev. S. J. Herben and Miss Grace I. Foster". Park Ridge. The Sunday Inter Ocean. Vol. XX, no. 68. Chicago, Illinois. 31 May 1891. p. 22. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  25. ^ "Marriages: Beta". The Alpha Phi Quarterly. III (4). The Alpha Phi fraternity: 134. August 1891. from the original on 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2019-06-30.  
  26. ^ a b "Mrs. Grace Foster Herben". Palatine Enterprise. Palatine, Illinois. 18 January 1907. p. 7. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  27. ^ "Mrs Herben is Hurt: Probability that Dr. Herben Connot [sic] be in City". The Daily Times. Davenport, Iowa. 26 December 1906. p. 10. from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  28. ^ "Editor Explains: Accidental Shooting of Wife of S. J. Herben Prevents His Coming Here". The Rock Island Argus. Rock Island, Illinois. 27 December 1906. p. 5. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  29. ^ "Lips are Sealed: Rev. Herben's Wife Shot Down". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 26 December 1906. p. 1. from the original on 31 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  

Bibliography edit

  • Atwell, Charles B., ed. (1903). Alumni Record of the College of Liberal Arts. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University.  
  • Downs, Winfield Scott, ed. (1938). "Herben, Rev. Stephen Joseph". Encyclopedia of American Biography. New Series. New York: American Historical Society. pp. 129–131.  
  • Leonard, John William, ed. (1914–15). "Herben, Grace Foster (Mrs. Stephen J. Herben)". Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. New York: American Commonwealth Co. pp. 382–383.  

January 01, 1970
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Grace Foster redirects here For Third Watch character see List of Third Watch characters Grace Foster Grace Ida Foster Herben born Grace Ida Foster 19 September 1864 23 July 1938 was an American educator and missionary The daughter of a minister and the wife of another her career became intertwined with that of Rev Stephen J Herben after their marriage Beforehand she served as the dean of women at Allegheny College and afterwards she worked with the Northwestern Branch of the Methodist Woman s Foreign Missionary Society She was a delegate to the 1910 World Missionary Conference and was the only woman to serve on the New Jersey Council of National Defense during World War I Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Publications 5 References 6 BibliographyEarly life and education editHerben was born Grace Ida Foster on 19 September 1864 in Lanark Illinois 1 2 Her father was Rev John Onesimus Foster a member of the Rock River Conference and chaplain of the Sons of the American Revolution and her mother Caroline Amelia Foster nee Bolles 1 2 Foster received voice lessons growing up singing to audiences on occasion and eventually training others in 1887 she put on a concert with 45 singers trained by her in order to help fund her education 3 4 She performed again the following year at a reunion of the Christian Commission in Round Lake New York which she attended with her father 4 In 1889 she graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Letters 1 2 Career editAround August 1889 5 Herben was appointed dean of women at Allegheny College beginning her duties of 17 September 6 7 Herben came recommended by Bishop John H Vincent 8 also taught history at the school 9 and served until 1891 1 2 While working in Pennsylvania she still spent some time in Chicago 10 Her 1891 marriage to Rev Stephen J Herben largely merged her career with his with both devoted to the ministry 1 although from 1891 to 1892 she was also a graduate student at Northwestern 11 Herben was involved in the Woman s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church since at least 1903 12 In 1906 she started a college department of the Northwestern Branch of the organization and served as secretary from 1906 to 1910 13 The program flourished and was copied by most major denominations 13 This engineered a further program to attract female college students to missionary work 13 Herben was a delegate to the 1910 World Missionary Conference 14 During World War I she was the only woman to serve on the New Jersey Council of National Defense and was the chairman of the publicity department of the Women s Council for National Defense 15 16 She also chaired both the YWCA 17 and a committee related to food production distribution and conservation 18 19 and was a member of the Literary and Social Circle of the First Methodist church in 1918 Mayor H W Evans appointed her to represent the town s Community Market at the meeting of the State Board Markets 20 Shortly after victory was declared in the war Herben urged that saloons be closed and alcohol sales prohibited on the days of celebration 21 The following year she traveled to Houston for the annual conference of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union delivering a speech on Waging Peace 22 Personal life editHerben married Stephen J Herben a Northwestern classmate on 27 May 1891 23 24 25 1 They had two children George Foster Herben a physician and Stephen Joseph Herben Jr a philologist at Bryn Mawr College 1 Her husband died in February 1937 a resident of Maplewood New Jersey she died in July of the following year in Orange New Jersey 14 16 15 In 1906 Herben was accidentally shot by George Foster Herben while target shooting 26 27 The bullet lodged above her left knee and was not deemed serious 26 although her husband s initial refusal to answer questions about the matter led to sensational headlines 28 such as Lips are Sealed Rev Herben s Wife Shot Down 29 Publications editHerben Grace Foster 1911 College Department Annual Report of the Northwestern Branch of the Women s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church 41 163 nbsp References edit a b c d e f g Downs 1938 p 130 a b c d Leonard 1914 15 p 382 A concert is to be given at the State Street M E Church The Sunday Inter Ocean Vol XVI no 157 Chicago Illinois 28 August 1887 p 6 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp a b Christian Patriotic Reunion Ocean Grove Record Vol XIV no 37 Ocean Grove New Jersey 15 September 1888 p 1 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Wheeler David H 3 August 1889 Allegheny College Ready for Business A Statement from Dr D H Wheeler The Evening Republican Vol XI no 1557 Meadville Pennsylvania p 1 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Chicago s Outposts Evanston The Sunday Inter Ocean Vol XVIII no 140 Chicago Illinois 11 August 1889 p 14 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp At Home How the Young Ladies of Hulings Hall Entertained Their Friends The Evening Republican New Series Vol IV no 582 Meadville Pennsylvania 5 November 1889 p 1 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Allegheny College The Fall Term Ready to Open Under Favorable Circumstances The Evening Republican New Series Vol IV no 540 Meadville Pennsylvania 17 September 1889 p 2 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Allegheny College Faculty Prof A C Fields Ph D to Fill the Chair of Mathematics The Evening Republican New Series Vol IV no 539 Meadville Pennsylvania 16 September 1889 p 2 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Allegheny College Notes The Most Successful Term in the College s History Just Closed The Pittsburgh Post Vol XLIX no 88 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 20 December 1890 p 15 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Atwell 1903 p 200 Program for the Meetings Convention of New York Branch of W F M S in Elmira Elmira Gazette Elmira New York 16 October 1903 p 5 Archived from the original on 24 May 2021 Retrieved 24 May 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c Downs 1938 pp 130 131 a b Downs 1938 p 131 a b Mrs Stephen J Herben Widow of Minister Was Long Active in Missionary Work Obituaries The New York Times Vol LXXXVII no 29 400 New York 23 June 1938 p 13 Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 2 April 2021 a b Deaths in Jersey Plainfield Courier News Plainfield New Jersey 23 July 1938 p 11 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Presentations to Rev Dr Herben Westfield Plainfield Courier News Plainfield New Jersey 25 October 1918 p II 6 Archived from the original on 24 May 2021 Retrieved 3 April 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Garden Committee Elects Officers Westfield Plainfield Courier News Plainfield New Jersey 28 February 1918 p 6 Archived from the original on 24 May 2021 Retrieved 3 April 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Busy Session of Food Committee Westfield Plainfield Courier News Plainfield New Jersey 28 June 1918 p II 4 Archived from the original on 24 May 2021 Retrieved 2 April 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Mrs S J Herben has been appointed Westfield Plainfield Courier News Plainfield New Jersey 21 January 1918 p 6 Archived from the original on 24 May 2021 Retrieved 24 May 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Keeping Up Morale of Employed Girls Americanism the Keynote to Reconstruction Discussed at Women s Rally Camden Post Telegram New Series No 6942 Camden New Jersey 21 November 1918 p 11 Archived from the original on 2 April 2021 Retrieved 2 April 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Mrs Dougal MacDougall and Mrs John A Tiger Society and Personal The Madison Eagle Vol XL no 40 Madison New Jersey 3 October 1919 p 5 Archived from the original on 2 April 2021 Retrieved 2 April 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp A Pretty Wedding Marriage of Miss Grace I Foster and Mr Stephen J Herben The Daily Inter Ocean Vol XX no 65 Chicago Illinois 28 May 1891 p 6 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp The Rev S J Herben and Miss Grace I Foster Park Ridge The Sunday Inter Ocean Vol XX no 68 Chicago Illinois 31 May 1891 p 22 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Marriages Beta The Alpha Phi Quarterly III 4 The Alpha Phi fraternity 134 August 1891 Archived from the original on 2021 03 31 Retrieved 2019 06 30 nbsp a b Mrs Grace Foster Herben Palatine Enterprise Palatine Illinois 18 January 1907 p 7 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Mrs Herben is Hurt Probability that Dr Herben Connot sic be in City The Daily Times Davenport Iowa 26 December 1906 p 10 Archived from the original on 24 May 2021 Retrieved 24 May 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Editor Explains Accidental Shooting of Wife of S J Herben Prevents His Coming Here The Rock Island Argus Rock Island Illinois 27 December 1906 p 5 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Lips are Sealed Rev Herben s Wife Shot Down The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles California 26 December 1906 p 1 Archived from the original on 31 March 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp Bibliography editAtwell Charles B ed 1903 Alumni Record of the College of Liberal Arts Evanston Illinois Northwestern University nbsp Downs Winfield Scott ed 1938 Herben Rev Stephen Joseph Encyclopedia of American Biography New Series New York American Historical Society pp 129 131 nbsp Leonard John William ed 1914 15 Herben Grace Foster Mrs Stephen J Herben Woman s Who s who of America A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada New York American Commonwealth Co pp 382 383 nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grace Foster Herben amp oldid 1150897207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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