Margaret Cobb Ailshie
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Margaret Cobb Ailshie | |
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| Born | March 27, 1883 Chicago |
| Died | August 26, 1959 (aged 76) |
| Occupations | Socialite, publisher, and social activist |
Margaret Cobb Ailshie (March 27, 1883 – August 26, 1959) was a social belle, publisher, and social activist in Boise and Chicago.[1]
Born in Chicago in 1883, she lived in Chicago for only six years before her father Calvin Cobb bought the Idaho Statesman and moved the family to Boise.[2] Ailshie was raised as a socialite and went to Miss Porter's Boarding School in Farmington, Connecticut. She traveled among a wealthy elite.[3] She traveled abroad to serve in France in World War I as a member of the Red Cross.
Ailshie went to New York City to help with the Spanish flu pandemic and then ran a canteen in France. She returned at the age of 36 in the year 1919. Nine years later her father died. Her family lived at 212 W. Idaho Street, where after her father's death she carried on his mission of making Boise a better place.