MEISNER, MRS ELLA CORDES
Executive Secretary Friendly House & Homemaker; b Davenport, Iowa June 18, 1886; d of Herman F Cordes-Friede Radler; ed Davenport & Rock Island Ill; Chicago Kindergarten Inst , grad 1908; special work in recreation; m Otto Meisner Sept 3, 1919 Davenport; s O Cordes; 1908- 10 kindergarten tchr, Burlington; 1910-11 kindergarten & 1st grade tchr Davenport priv sch, also tchr & supvr playground work in Davenport; 1911 in chg of children's dept summer Chautauqua work; 1911-14 with Russel Sage Foundation, New York City N Y; 1914-19 club tchr Davenport Friendly House under Harry Downer; 1919-37 pub sch tchr doing vol work at Friendly House, Davenport; 1937- exec secy Davenport Friendly House; Womans Club; Daughters of the Nile; mbr Natl Conf of Social Workers; dir Ladies Industrial Relief; First Unitarian Ch; Indep; hobby young people; off & res 303 Taylor, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1100.