Beulah Elfreth Kennard
Beulah Elfreth Kennard (August 3, 1869 – after 1944) was the educational director of the Association of Department Store Workers, president of the Pennsylvania Association of Women Workers, and president of the Pittsburgh Playground Association from 1900 to 1918.[1]
Biography
She was born on August 3, 1869, in Philadelphia to Reverend Joseph Spencer Kennard and Nancy Reid Jeffers.[2][3]
She opened Pittsburgh's first public playground at the Forbes School Yard on July 6, 1896.[4] She went on to become president of the Pittsburgh Playground Association from 1900 to 1918.[5]
In 1918 a playground was named in her honor. In 1944 that playground was to be renamed to honor a local judge, Ralph H. Smith.[5] Local opposition prevented the park from changing name, and it is still called "Kennard playground".
Writings
- The educational director (1918)
- Department store merchandise manuals (1920)
References
- ↑ "Woman Club Leader Dies". The Pittsburgh Press. December 20, 1930. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
To Mrs. Kirk and Miss Beulah Kennard, Pittsburgh owes, to a large extent its playgrounds ...
- ↑ Lineage book. Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 108.
- ↑ Beulah Elfreth Kennard passport application of 5 November 1918.
- ↑ Ted Flickinger (July 1, 1998). "It all starts with citizens". Parks & Recreation (magazine). Retrieved 2010-10-16.
Shortly after moving to Pittsburgh, Beulah Kennard realized that the busy industrial city provided no Play activities for children, so with the help of The local civic club, she opened Pittsburgh's First playground in the Forbes School Yard on July 6, 1896.
- 1 2 "Renaming of Playground. Kennard is 'Hurt' by Roberts' Petition". The Pittsburgh Press. March 12, 1944. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
Council acts favorably on a petition presented yesterday by the Soho Community Assn. The petition was offered by Prothonotary David Roberts, presi dent of ...