Clara Nettie Bates

Clara Nettie Bates (December 25, 1876 – November 27, 1966) was an American editor, writer, and clubwoman. She was associated with the Audubon movement in Michigan and Florida, and with the International Sunshine Society (ISS). She favored suffrage. Bates died in 1966.

Biography Clara Nettie Bates was born Traverse City, Michigan, December 25, 1876. Her parents were Thomas Tomlinson and Martha E. Cram Bates. Mrs. Bates served as associate editor of the Grand Traverse Herald since that paper came into possession of Mr. Bates in 1876. There were two other siblings, a brother, George G. Bates, proprietor of the American Poultry Journal of Chicago and vice president of the Herald and Record Company; and a sister, Mabel.