Laura J. Frakes

Laura J. Frakes was an American educator and civic worker, and the grand secretary of the Native Daughters of the Golden West.

Early life

Laura J. Frakes was a native of California.[1]

Career

Laura J. Frakes was a very active civic worker and educator. She taught in Plumas County, California.[2] She was a literary writer of note. She was a member of National Press Bureau.[1]

She was one of the founders, charter member and grand secretary of Amapola Parlor, No. 80, part of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, Sutter Creek, Amador County, California.[1]

She was the president of the Sutter Creek Women's Civic Club.[1]

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.[1]

Personal life

On December 29, 1926, in Reno, Nevada, Laura J. Frakes married James Toman, a well-known mineralogist, geologist and mining expert.[2] She lived at Wildwood Cottage, Clear Lake Villas, Upper Lake, California.[1]

References
  1. Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 44. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Former Plumas Teacher Married in Nevada - 13 Jan 1927, Thu • Page 1". Plumas Independent: 1. 1927. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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