Marion Foster Washburne

Marion Foster Washburne ( Foster; after first marriage, Washburne; after second marriage, Wotherspoon; 1863-1944) was an American author, journalist, editor, lecturer, and educator. She was the first trained teacher employed to look after education news for a Chicago newspaper. Washburne was associated with the Back-to-the-land movement, serving as president of the national association.

Early life and education Marion Guyon Foster was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, August 31, 1863. Her father was Dr. Richard Norman Foster (d. 1922). In his day, his record showed the largest number of babies born to a physician in private practise and the lowest mortality. Her mother was Anne (Halsted) Foster. John Willock Noble, Secretary of the Interior, was an uncle.

Washburne graduated from Central High School, Chicago, Illinois, 1881; and Chicago Froebel Association Training School, 1893. she taught kindergarten training. a rest sanatorium at Elgin.

Washburne favored woman suffrage; she lectured on suffrage in Illinois and California. vice-president, Illinois Congress of Mothers; director, Cooperative Commonwealth Company; member, Chicago Woman's Club; member, woman's branch, Republican State Central Committee, Illinois; and member, Chicago Civic Equality League.

California After removing to Los Angeles County, she became a member of the Friday Morning Club,

Personal life In Chicago, on June 22, 1886, she married George Foote Washburne, M.D. (1855-1936),

In 1915, while a resident in Berkeley, California, she married the attorney William Arthur Wotherspoon (1861-1933), of Oceano, California.

In 1934, Washburne was the Democratic nominee for California's 48th State Assembly district.

She was associated with the Christian theosophical movement.

Death Marion Foster Washburne Wotherspoon died in 1944.

Selected works

Talks on teaching, 1893 Success Library (Vol. II.), 1901 Everyday Essays, 1904 A Little Fountain of Life, 1904 Study of Child Life, 1907 Family Secrets, 1907 Mother's Year Book, 1908 The House on the North Shore, 1909 Old Fashioned Fairy Tales, 1910 Indian Legends, 1915 A Search for a Happy Country, 1940 I Share My Life with You (2011; posthumously published)