Marion Mitchell Ochsner

Marion Hubbard Mitchell Ochsner (January 2, 1857 – January 4, 1932) was an American nurse, educator, and clubwoman, based in Chicago. She was president of the National Federation of Music Clubs during World War I. Career In 1883, Marion H. Mitchell was one of the first graduates of the Illinois Training School for Nurses. She was elected president of the National Federation of Music Clubs in 1915. She was also president of the Chicago Federation of Women's Clubs, and of the Chicago chapter of the MacDowell League. She was president of the advisory board of the Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago.

During World War I, Ochsner organized weekly concerts for morale, and held a monthly dinner and musicale at her home for sailors stationed in Chicago. She addressed the convention of the Ohio State Music Teachers' Association in 1918.

Publications "A Call for War Service" (1917) "The MacDowell League within the Federation" (1918) "Camp Recreation Work of the Chicago Music Clubs" (1918)

Personal life Mitchell married Albert J. Ochsner, a prominent surgeon, in 1888. They had two children, Albert H. and Bertha, who was later known as Berta Ochsner, a noted dancer and choreographer. Her husband died in 1925, and she died in 1932, at the age of 75, in Chicago.