Betty Gilmore

Vera Aleece Elizabeth MacIndoe Gilmore who wrote under the pen-name of Betty Gilmore, was the founder and president of the California Women of Golden West.

Early life Vera Aleece Elizabeth MacIndoe was born in Binghamton, New York, the daughter of James M. Maclndoe and Margaret Claudia Quinn, old South Carolina pioneers of Scotch ancestry.

Betty Gilmore attended Ashley Hall, a boarding school for girls in Charleston, South Carolina. She then moved to Lady Jane Grey's School for Girls in New York and graduated from Binghamton High School and University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

She also founded the Gilmore Los Angeles Evening Salon.

She was a member of: Ebell of Los Angeles Club, Opera and Fine Arts Club, Euterpe Opera Club, Republican Study Club, League of Women Voters, Big Sister's League, Deauville Beach Club, Los Angeles Presidents' Civic Club, American Women Club, Women's Breakfast Club, Pacific Geographical Club, National Constitutional Organization.

She moved to California in 1911 and lived at 6366 Maryland Drive and 432 South Hobart Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.