Genie Clark Pomeroy
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April 27, 1867
Eugenia Clark Pomeroy | |
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| Born | Eugenia Orr Clark[1] April 27, 1867 |
| Died | September 21, 1904 (aged 37) New York City, New York |
| Alma mater | Des Moines University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
| Known for | A woman of the century |
| Spouse | Carl Harrington Pomeroy |
| Father | Rep. Rush B. Clark (1834-1879) |
Eugenia Orr Clark Pomeroy (April 27, 1867 – September 21, 1904), later Emerson, was an American writer and journalist.
Eugenia "Genie" Clark was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on April 27, 1867. Her father, Rush B. Clark (1834–1879 had been an Iowa pioneer as a young man. Both parents were college graduates. Her mother, Eugenia Orr (died April 27, 1867), was a teacher who died giving birth to Genie. A previous son, Eugene Rush Clark, had died during birth in 1865. Clark's father married again in a few years, and to this union, several more children were born, of which two lived.[2]
When Genie Clark was eleven years old, she went to Washington, D.C., to be with her father during his second term as a representative in the U.S. Congress. After his death on the floor of Congress in 1879, she returned to her former home and lived with her guardian at his country seat near Iowa City. Two years were spent afterward in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, with relatives.[2]
At the age of fourteen she was sent to public schools in Iowa City for the University, from which, after the freshman year, she was sent to Callanan College in Des Moines, Iowa, where she studied for two years.[2]
In 1890, she was among the founders of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association. A large number of women journalists met on September 27, 1890, at Parkhurst's home at 1419 Tavlor Street, San Francisco, for the formation of the Pacific Coast Woman's Press Association. Henry X. Clemont presided as temporary Chairman. Swett delivered an address, in which she set forth the objects of the association. Nellie B. Evster of San Francisco was unanimously elected president; Jeanne C. Carr of Pasadena, First Vice-President; Ella Rhoads Higginson of the Portland West, Shore, Second Vice-President, and Sarah B. Cooper, Third Vice-President. Swett was elected Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Sam Davis, Recording Secretary; Mary O. Stanton, Treasurer, and Mrs. M. U. Field of San Jose, Auditor. The Executive Board was still further fortified by three members at large, Mrs. Hall-Wood of the Santa Barbara Independent; Andrea Hofer of the Salem Journal, and Frances Bagby of the San Diego Union.[3][2]
