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The Blue Book of Iowa Women A History of Contemporary WomenCompiled by Winona Evans Reeves, 1914. |
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MRS. GEORGE W. CLARKEMrs. George W. Clarke, the wife of the Governor of Iowa, was born at Adel, Jan. 16, 1857, her maiden name being Arletta Greene. She is the daughter of Benjamin Green and Parmelia Catherine Sturges, who came to Adel in 1847 when there were only two or three families there. The settlement was called Penoach and later Mr. Greene gave the town the name Adel. Mrs. Clarke was educated at the Oskaloosa College with
the degree M. S. She was married on June 25, 1878, at Adel to
George W. Clarke, a young attorney who had just graduated from the Law
Dept. of the State University. Their home is still in Adel.
He was a member of the Iowa legislature for four terms and was speaker
of the house for two additional terms. He was elected Lieut.
Governor in 1908, and in 1912 became Governor, and he is a very popular
executive. Four children have been born to them: Fred Greene
Clarke, Charles F. Clarke, Portia Clarke Van Meter and Francis Ada
Clarke. Mrs. Clarke is a member of the Christian church and has
been a Sunday school teacher and an active worker in the Missionary
Society for many years. She is an interested club woman in her
home town and in Des Moines where they reside a part of the year.
She is a member of the Civic Service and Social Reform committee
of the I. F. W. C. and is an earnest advocate of equal suffrage.
She is a charming woman socially and in every way graces her position as
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