Kate Bradley Stovall
Kate Bradley Stovall | |
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 Kate Bradley Stovall, from a 1919 publication | |
| Born | August 4, 1884 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 5, 1914 (age 30) San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, clubwoman |
Kate E. Bradley Stovall (August 4, 1884 — August 5, 1914) was an American clubwoman and writer, based in Los Angeles.
Early life[edit]
Kate E. (Kittie) Bradley was born in Austin, Texas, the daughter of Allen Bradley. She was raised her paternal aunt and uncle, E. G. Hill and Katie Bradley Hill, in Los Angeles.[1] She graduated from Commercial High School in 1903.[2]
Career[edit]
Kate Bradley Stovall was a member of the Woman's Progressive Club, a literary group for Black women.[3][4] She was founder and president of the Southern California Alumni Association, an organization of college-educated Black residents of the Los Angeles region.[4][5] She contributed a full-page article to the Los Angeles Times in 1909, titled "The Negro Woman in Los Angeles and Vicinity – Some Notable Characters", summarizing the history of black women in the city to that date, including a biographical sketch of Biddy Mason.[6] She served on the Woman's Parliament of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, a committee responsible for booking speakers such as Margaret Murray Washington.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Kate Bradley married banker William H. Stovall in 1904.[8] They had a son, Wilalyn (pronounced "Will-Allen"), and a daughter, Ursula. Her son was a friend to Ralph Bunche when Bunche arrived in Los Angeles as a youth.[9][10] She died in 1914, the day after her thirtieth birthday, in San Bernardino, California.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Hart, Le Roy S. (1937-11-04). "Obituary". California Eagle. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-02-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Delilah Leontium Beasley, The Negro Trail Blazers of California (Times Mirror Printing 1919): 129, 231-232.
- ^ "Among Colored Citizens". Los Angeles Herald. May 22, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved February 26, 2024 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ a b Campbell, Marne L. (2012-10-01). "African American Women, Wealth Accumulation, and Social Welfare Activism in 19th-century Los Angeles". The Journal of African American History. 97 (4): 394. doi:10.5323/jafriamerhist.97.4.0376. ISSN 1548-1867.
- ^ Hallie Q. Brown, Josephine Turpin Washington, Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction (1926): 282-283.
- ^ Campbell, Marne L. Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, and Community, 1850-1917 (University of North Carolina Press 2016): 179. ISBN 9781469629285
- ^ "For Negro Youths" Los Angeles Times (February 1, 1906): 24. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Stovall, 30 Years". California Eagle. 1936-12-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-02-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Urquhart, Brian (1998-10-06). Ralph Bunche An American Odyssey. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 34, note. ISBN 978-0-393-31859-3.
- ^ Henry, Charles P. (1999). Ralph Bunche: Model Negro Or American Other?. NYU Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8147-3582-4.
External links[edit]
- Kate Bradley Stovall, "The Negro Woman in Los Angeles and Vicinity – Some Notable Characters" Los Angeles Times (February 12, 1909): 32.
- "Kate Bradley Stovall as a young woman", a photograph in the Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection, OpenUCLA Collections