Angster, Blanche Booth (1882-1936?)

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Jane Addams to Blanche Booth, December 21, 1908

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Birth Date

1882-06-09

Death Date

1936-12

Birthplace

Chicago, Illinois

Biographical Text

Blanche Booth Angster was secretary to Anita McCormick Blaine. She and her husband lived in the Angster home which was built by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911 at 191 East End Blodgett Road (now 605 Bluff Road), Lake Bluff, Illinois.

Angster married Herman Angster in 1912. They divorced in the 1920s. After their divorce, Angster became reclusive and fenced off the property, allowing the house to slowly deteriorate until it burnt down in 1956. Angster died in 1936.

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Secretary

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Risman, Samantha

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1908

Bibliography and Links

"Frank Lloyd Wright," North Carolina Modernist Houses

Lake Shore News, June 13, 1912, page 4

Sherman M. Booth Family Papers, 1818-1908

U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index

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“Angster, Blanche Booth (1882-1936?),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2404.