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⚫ '''Helen P. Sanborn''' (1858-1922) was an American educator and civic worker. She served as the president of the ].<ref name="SFBulletin1922called">{{cite news |title=Called by Death. Mrs. Helen Sanborn, educator, who died at her home here early today. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-bulletin-called-by-death/161265774/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=San Francisco Bulletin |date=31 January 1922 |page=1 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" />
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| birth_name = Helen Peck
| birth_date = August 23, 1858
| birth_place = ], U.S.
| death_date = January 31, 1922
| death_place = ], ], U.S.
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| occupation = {{hlist|educator|civic worker}}
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| known_for = President:<br>
* ]
* Women's Board of Managers, ]
* Travelers' Aid Society
* San Francisco Protestant Orphan Asylum
* Century Club of San Francisco
* Sorosis Club of San Francisco
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⚫ '''Helen P. Sanborn''' (1858-1922) was an American educator, civic worker, and clubwoman. She served as the president of the ],<ref name="SFBulletin1922called">{{cite news |title=Called by Death. Mrs. Helen Sanborn, educator, who died at her home here early today. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-bulletin-called-by-death/161265774/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=San Francisco Bulletin |date=31 January 1922 |page=1 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> as well as various other organizations.


==Early life==
Helen Peck was born in ],<ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /> on August 23, 1858.<ref name="Grant1926">{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=John P. |title=Grants and Their Relatives |date=1926 |publisher=Fort Orange Press |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTNPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA31 |access-date=12 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Helen Peck was born in ], on August 23, 1858.<ref name="More1893">{{cite book |last1=More |first1=David Fellows |title=History of the More Family: And an Account of Their Reunion in 1890 |date=1893 |publisher=S.P. More |page=318 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-U46AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA318 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="Grant1926">{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=John P. |title=Grants and Their Relatives |date=1926 |publisher=Fort Orange Press |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTNPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA31 |access-date=12 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
Sanborn was appointed president of the San Francisco Board of Education in December 1920 for a term of one year, but remained a member of the board thereafter. She was devoted to the needs of the city schools and fought for more and better schools. She was actively interested in the Americanization of foreign-born children and the reorganization of the schools.<ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" />
Sanborn was appointed president of the San Francisco Board of Education in December 1920 for a term of one year, but remained a member of the board thereafter. She was devoted to the needs of the city schools and fought for more and better schools. She was actively interested in the Americanization of foreign-born children and the reorganization of the schools.<ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" /> In 1863, the family moved to San Francisco, ] via ship around the ].<ref name="San Francisco Examiner-1921">{{Cite news |date=January 21, 1921 |title=Orrin M. Peck, Noted Artist, Dies in South |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-orrin-m-peck/161056353/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=] |pages=12 |type=Obituary |via=]}}</ref><ref name="San Francisco Bulletin-1921">{{Cite news |date=January 21, 1921 |title=Orrin M. Peck, Painter, Dies Suddenly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-bulletin-orrin-m-peck-pa/161100539/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=] |pages=12 |type=Obituary |via=]}}</ref> While aboard the ship, Peck's mom befriended ] who was traveling with her newborn son ].<ref name="San Francisco Examiner-1921" /> The two families stayed in touch over the years.


She was prominent in civic and club life in San Francisco, including the Chamber of Commerce, Parent - Teachers' Association, the Congress of Mothers' Clubs, the Teachers' Association of San Francisco, and the Playground Commission. She helped organize the Travelers' Aid Society and served as its president. She also served as president of the the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage.<ref name="SFBulletin1922feb4">{{cite news |title=Educator Paid Final Tribute. Helen Peck Sanborn. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-bulletin-educator-paid-fin/161265921/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=San Francisco Bulletin |via=] |date=4 February 1922 |page=2 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref><ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued">{{cite news |title=Mrs. Sanborn (Continued from Page One.) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-bulletin-mrs-sanborn-con/161265640/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=San Francisco Bulletin |via=] |date=31 January 1922 |page=2 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Prominent in civic and club life in San Francisco, she was associated with the ], ], the Congress of Mothers' Clubs, the Teachers' Association of San Francisco, and the Playground Commission. Sanborn helped organize the Travelers' Aid Society and served as its president. She also served as president of the San Francisco Protestant Orphan Asylum (now, Edgewood).<ref name="SFBulletin1922feb4">{{cite news |title=Educator Paid Final Tribute. Helen Peck Sanborn. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-bulletin-educator-paid-fin/161265921/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=San Francisco Bulletin |via=] |date=4 February 1922 |page=2 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref><ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued">{{cite news |title=Mrs. Sanborn (Continued from Page One.) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-bulletin-mrs-sanborn-con/161265640/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=San Francisco Bulletin |via=] |date=31 January 1922 |page=2 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> She also served as president of the Century Club and the Sorosis Club of San Francisco.<ref name="goldennuggetlibrary" />
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As a member of the National Advisory Council, ]<ref name="TheSuffragist1916">{{cite journal |title=Congressional Union for Woman Suffragemans Party |journal=The Suffragist |date=16 December 1916 |volume=IV |issue=51 |page=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/suffragist04cong_49/page/2 |access-date=12 January 2025 |publisher=Allied Printing: Columbian Printing Co., Inc. |via=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |language=English}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> (est. 1913) Sanborn was partly responsible for the vote women in ]. During the ] (1915), she served as president of the Women's Board of Managers, having charge of the social side of the exposition.<ref name="goldennuggetlibrary" /><ref name="EveningVanguard1922">{{cite news |title=Mrs. Sanborn, Prominent in San Francisco, Dead. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-vanguard-mrs-sanborn-prominent/161265852/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=Evening Vanguard |via=] |date=1 February 1922 |page=7 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Sanborn succeeded in raising thousands of dollars during ] for the Serbian Relief Organization.<ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" />


==Personal life==
Sanborn succeeded in raising thousands of dollars during the war for the Serbian Relief Organization. As a member of the First Congregational Union for Women's Suffrage she also was partly responsible for the vote women in ].<ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" />
⚫ On September 14, 1882, she married Frederick G. Sanborn (d. 1915,<ref name="Grant1926" /> a pioneer businessman of San Francisco and president of the Bancroft-Whitney Law Book Company (now ]).<ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" /> They resided in the city for nearly sixty years,<ref name="EveningVanguard1922" /> including at her home on Dolores Street for more than 30 years.<ref name="goldennuggetlibrary">''California's Magazine'', New Call Building, San Francisco, 1915, pp. 374-76, via </ref>


⚫ Helen Peck Sanborn died in San Francisco, on January 31, 1922,<ref name="Grant1926" /> following a heart attack.<ref name="EveningVanguard1922" />
During the Panama Exposition she served as chair of the Women's Board of Managers, having charge of the social side of the exposition.<ref name="EveningVanguard1922">{{cite news |title=Mrs. Sanborn, Prominent in San Francisco, Dead. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-vanguard-mrs-sanborn-prominent/161265852/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=Evening Vanguard |via=] |date=1 February 1922 |page=7 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>

⚫ On September 14, 1882, she married Frederick G. Sanborn (d. 1915,<ref name="Grant1926" /> a pioneer businessman of San Francisco, president of the Bancroft-Whitney Law Book Company.<ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" /> They resided in the city for nearly sixty years.<ref name="EveningVanguard1922" />

⚫ She died in San Francisco, on January 31, 1922,<ref name="Grant1926" /> following a heart attack.<ref name="EveningVanguard1922" />


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Helen P. Sanborn
Sanborn in Who's who Among the Women of California (1922)
BornHelen Peck
August 23, 1858
Hobart, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 31, 1922
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • educator
  • civic worker
Known forPresident:
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Helen P. Sanborn (1858-1922) was an American educator, civic worker, and clubwoman. She served as the president of the San Francisco Board of Education, as well as various other organizations.

Early life

Helen Peck was born in Hobart, New York, on August 23, 1858.

Career

Sanborn was appointed president of the San Francisco Board of Education in December 1920 for a term of one year, but remained a member of the board thereafter. She was devoted to the needs of the city schools and fought for more and better schools. She was actively interested in the Americanization of foreign-born children and the reorganization of the schools. In 1863, the family moved to San Francisco, California via ship around the Isthmus of Panama. While aboard the ship, Peck's mom befriended Phoebe Hearst who was traveling with her newborn son William Randolph Hearst. The two families stayed in touch over the years.

Prominent in civic and club life in San Francisco, she was associated with the Chamber of Commerce, Parent-Teachers' Association, the Congress of Mothers' Clubs, the Teachers' Association of San Francisco, and the Playground Commission. Sanborn helped organize the Travelers' Aid Society and served as its president. She also served as president of the San Francisco Protestant Orphan Asylum (now, Edgewood). She also served as president of the Century Club and the Sorosis Club of San Francisco.

Sanborn in January 1922

As a member of the National Advisory Council, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (est. 1913) Sanborn was partly responsible for the vote women in California. During the Panama–Pacific International Exposition (1915), she served as president of the Women's Board of Managers, having charge of the social side of the exposition. Sanborn succeeded in raising thousands of dollars during World War I for the Serbian Relief Organization.

Personal life

On September 14, 1882, she married Frederick G. Sanborn (d. 1915, a pioneer businessman of San Francisco and president of the Bancroft-Whitney Law Book Company (now West Publishing). They resided in the city for nearly sixty years, including at her home on Dolores Street for more than 30 years.

Helen Peck Sanborn died in San Francisco, on January 31, 1922, following a heart attack.

References

  1. ^ "Called by Death. Mrs. Helen Sanborn, educator, who died at her home here early today". San Francisco Bulletin. 31 January 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 12 January 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. More, David Fellows (1893). History of the More Family: And an Account of Their Reunion in 1890. S.P. More. p. 318. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  3. ^ Grant, John P. (1926). Grants and Their Relatives. Fort Orange Press. p. 31. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Mrs. Sanborn (Continued from Page One.)". San Francisco Bulletin. 31 January 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 12 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Orrin M. Peck, Noted Artist, Dies in South". San Francisco Examiner (Obituary). January 21, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Orrin M. Peck, Painter, Dies Suddenly". San Francisco Bulletin (Obituary). January 21, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-12-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Educator Paid Final Tribute. Helen Peck Sanborn". San Francisco Bulletin. 4 February 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 12 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ California's Magazine, New Call Building, San Francisco, 1915, pp. 374-76, via Nancy Pratt Melton, goldennuggetlibrary.sfgenealogy.org
  9. "Congressional Union for Woman Suffragemans Party". The Suffragist. IV (51). Washington, D.C.: Allied Printing: Columbian Printing Co., Inc.: 2 16 December 1916. Retrieved 12 January 2025 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ "Mrs. Sanborn, Prominent in San Francisco, Dead". Evening Vanguard. 1 February 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 12 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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