Beatrice MacCue

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Beatrice MacCue
A white woman with a bouffant hairstyle, wearing a dress with a square neckline
Beatrice MacCue, from a 1925 publication
BornDecember 18, 1886
Akron, Ohio
Other namesBeatrice McCue, Beatrice Clifton, Beatrice Cosgrove
OccupationSinger

Beatrice A. MacCue Cosgrove (December 18, 1886 – died after 1955), sometimes seen as Beatrice McCue, was an American singer, clubwoman, and voice teacher, most active in the 1920s and 1930s.

Early life and education[edit]

Beatrice MacCue was from Akron, Ohio,[1] the daughter of Thomas W. McCue.[2] Her father and older brother were coal dealers;[3] her father was also an inventor.[4][5] She attended Mount Notre Dame convent school in Cincinnati.[6] Herbert Witherspoon was one of her voice teachers.[7]

Career[edit]

MacCue was a contralto.[8] She moved to New York in 1901.[9] She sang at benefit concerts for the American Red Cross during World War I, and toured in France with the YMCA to entertain the troops.[10][11] She performed at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1920.[12] She taught singing from a studio on Broadway,[13][14] and performed for radio audiences, sometimes with her students.[15][16]

MacCue owned a large working farm. In 1917, she donated over 100 jars of currant jelly to the American Red Cross.[17] She was president of the entertainment unit of the Women's Overseas Service League.[10][18][19] She was active in the New York chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon.[13] In winters, she taught and performed in Miami.[7][20][21]

During World War II, as Beatrice MacCue Cosgrove, she was again active in the Women's Overseas Service League,[22] organizing fundraisers, directing "Bundles for America", a sewing workroom, and sending relief supplies to servicemen and their families.[23][24] She was also active in the Daughters of Ohio in New York, into the 1950s.[25][26]

Publications[edit]

  • "Music in New York City" (1925)[27]

Personal life[edit]

MacCue was rescued from an undertow in the ocean off Miami in 1923.[28] She married attorney Hugh Cosgrove in 1935.[2][6] She died after 1955.[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Beatrice McCue Pleases Audience at Buffalo, N.Y." The Akron Beacon Journal. 1914-02-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Cosgrove -- MacCue". The New York Times. 1935-06-08. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. ^ Hull, Arthur M.; Hale, Sydney A. (1918). Coal Men of America: A Biographical and Historical Review of the World's Greatest Industry. Retail Coalman. p. 316.
  4. ^ The Chicago Clinic. Chicago Clinical School. 1902. p. 95.
  5. ^ United States Patent Office (1925). Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. U.S. Patent Office. p. 116.
  6. ^ a b "Beatrice McCue Famous as Singer, Returns Home". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1938-05-24. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Stone, Isabel (1924-02-07). "Vocal Training is Beneficial to All, is Belief of Miss Beatrice MacCue". The Miami Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Contralto Returns to New York". Akron Evening Times. 1920-10-03. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "An Akron Girl; Miss Beatrice McCue Singing at Daly's; She Made a Hit". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1902-09-25. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b "Overseas Women--One has D.S.M.--Three in Siberia". Evening World-Herald. 1926-06-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Home for Aged to Hold Tea for Service League". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1938-12-02. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Beatrice MacCue, Contralto, Sings". The New York Times. 1920-03-10. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  13. ^ a b "New York Club". The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon. 19 (2): 162. February 1925.
  14. ^ "Beatrice MacCue Reopens Studio". Musical Courier. 120 (5): 10. September 1, 1939 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Radio: WEAF, New York City". The Bayonne Times. 1925-08-19. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Heard in the Studio: Beatrice MacCue". Musical Courier. 120 (8): 32. October 15, 1939 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ "Beatrice MacCue in Ranks of Successful Farmerette-Singers" (PDF). Musical America: 31. September 15, 1917.
  18. ^ "Christmas Reunion". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1933-12-11. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "War Service Plans for Women Outlined". The New York Times. July 17, 1940. p. 23. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  20. ^ "Beatrice MacCue Concert". The Miami News. 1922-09-22. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Sunday Night Soloist at the Flamingo Hotel; Beatrice McCue to Appear". The Miami News. 1922-02-10. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Women War Vets to Hold Memorial". Newsday (Nassau Edition). 1942-06-03. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Hall, Mary Frances (August 1941). "New York". Carry on. 20 (3): 55.
  24. ^ Hall, Mary Frances (April 1943). "New York". Carry on. 22 (1): 41.
  25. ^ "Daughters of Ohio to Give Yule Party". The New York Times. December 8, 1935. p. 119. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  26. ^ a b "Daughters of Ohio Elect". The New York Times. May 15, 1956. p. 21. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  27. ^ MacCue, Beatrice. "Music in New York City" The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon 19(2)(February 1925): 98-99.
  28. ^ "Singer Has Narrow Escape from Drowning; Miss Beatrice MacCue Rescued from Surf and Undertow". The Miami News. 1923-03-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
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