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| name = | name =
| image = Helen P. Sanborn (Who's who Among the Women of California, 1922).png | image = Helen Peck Sanborn (Problems Women Solved, 1915).png
| alt = | alt =
| caption = Sanborn in ''Who's who Among the Women of California'' (1922) | caption = Sanborn in ''Problems Women Solved'' (1915)
| birth_name = Helen Peck | birth_name = Helen Elizabeth Peck
| birth_date = August 23, 1858 | birth_date = August 23, 1858
| birth_place = ], U.S. | birth_place = ], U.S.
| death_date = January 31, 1922 | death_date = January 31, 1922 (aged 63)
| death_place = ], ], U.S. | death_place = ], ], U.S.
| other_names = | other_names =
| occupation = {{hlist|educator|civic worker}} | occupation = {{hlist|educator|civic worker}}
| years_active = | years_active =
| known_for = * President, ] | known_for = President:<br>
* ]
* President, Women's Board of Managers, ] * Women's Board of Managers, ]
* President, Travelers' Aid Society * Travelers' Aid Society
* President, Protestant Orphan Asylum of San Francisco * San Francisco Protestant Orphan Asylum
* Century Club of San Francisco
* President, Century Club of San Francisco * Sorosis Club of San Francisco
* President, Sorosis Club of San Francisco
| notable_works = | notable_works =
| signature = Helen P. Sanborn signature (Who's who Among the Women of California, 1922).png | signature = Helen P. Sanborn signature (Who's who Among the Women of California, 1922).png
| relatives = ] (brother)
}} }}
'''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> as well as various other organizations. '''Helen P. Sanborn''' ({{nee}} '''Peck'''; 1858-1922) was an American educator, civic worker, ], and clubwoman. She served as the president of various organizations in ], ], including 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> and the Women's Board of Managers, ].<ref name="Simpson1915" />


==Early life== ==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 Elizabeth Peck<ref name="Simpson1915" /> 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> Her parents were David M. Peck (1832-1868) and Jane ({{nee}} Grant; b. 1833). There were several siblings in the family including John, Edwin, ], William, and Janet.<ref name="More1893" />

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.


==Career== ==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 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. She served as president of the San Francisco Board of Education during the period of December 1920 - December 1921, remaining a member of the board thereafter.<ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" />
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Prominent in civic and club life in San Francisco, she was associated with the ], ], the Congress of Mothers' Clubs, the Teachers' Association of ], 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="CalifMag1915" />


She was prominent in civic and club life in San Francisco, including the ], ], 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 Orphan Asylum Society.<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 served as president of the Century Club and the Sorosis Club of San Francisco.<ref name="goldennuggetlibrary" /> Subsequent to the ], she was immediately immersed in relief work. With ], who later became the ], and the Rev. Father Dennis O. Crowley, widely-known in his day as a philanthropist, she served for many months at one of the largest relief stations.<ref name="Simpson1915" /> 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 California. 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="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><ref name="CalifMag1915">{{cite journal |last1=Wickson |first1=E. J. |editor1-last=Wickson |editor1-first=E. J. |title=Work and Purposes of the Woman's Board of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition |journal=California's Magazine |date=1915 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=375 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMUVAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA375 |access-date=13 January 2025 |publisher=California Publishers' Co-operative Association |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>


As a member of the First ] (est. 1913) she 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" /> During the ] (1898), when all the soldiers for the Orient came to San Francisco to await transportation, Mrs. Sanborn was an executive officer of the California Red Cross.<ref name="Simpson1915">{{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Anna Pratt |title=Problems women solved : being the story of the Woman's Board of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition : what vision, enthusiasm, work and co-operation accomplished |date=1915 |publisher=The Woman's Board |via=Internet Archive |location=San Francisco |url=https://archive.org/details/problemswomensol00simprich/page/10 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Sanborn raised thousands of dollars during ] for the Serbian Relief Organization.<ref name="SFBulletin1922called" /><ref name="SFBulletin1922continued" />


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
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" /> and 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> On September 14, 1882, she married Frederick G. Sanborn (d. 1915),<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> a pioneer businessman of San Francisco who served as 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 a home on Dolores Street for more than 30 years.<ref name="CalifMag1915" />

During the summer of 1914, she vacationed in Europe.<ref name="Simpson1915" />


Helen Peck Sanborn died in San Francisco, on January 31, 1922,<ref name="Grant1926" /> following a heart attack.<ref name="EveningVanguard1922" /> Helen Peck Sanborn 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 Problems Women Solved (1915)
BornHelen Elizabeth Peck
August 23, 1858
Hobart, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 31, 1922 (aged 63)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • educator
  • civic worker
Known forPresident:
RelativesOrrin Peck (brother)
Signature

Helen P. Sanborn (née Peck; 1858-1922) was an American educator, civic worker, suffragist, and clubwoman. She served as the president of various organizations in San Francisco, California, including the Board of Education, and the Women's Board of Managers, Panama–Pacific International Exposition.

Early life

Helen Elizabeth Peck was born in Hobart, New York, on August 23, 1858. Her parents were David M. Peck (1832-1868) and Jane (née Grant; b. 1833). There were several siblings in the family including John, Edwin, Orrin, William, and Janet.

In 1863, the family moved to San Francisco 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.

Career

Sanborn 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. She served as president of the San Francisco Board of Education during the period of December 1920 - December 1921, remaining a member of the board thereafter.

Sanborn (California's Magazine, 1915)

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.

Subsequent to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, she was immediately immersed in relief work. With James Rolph, Jr., who later became the Mayor of San Francisco, and the Rev. Father Dennis O. Crowley, widely-known in his day as a philanthropist, she served for many months at one of the largest relief stations. 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.

During the Spanish–American War (1898), when all the soldiers for the Orient came to San Francisco to await transportation, Mrs. Sanborn was an executive officer of the California Red Cross. Sanborn raised 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 who served as president of the Bancroft-Whitney Law Book Company (now West Publishing). They resided in the city for nearly sixty years, including at a home on Dolores Street for more than 30 years.

During the summer of 1914, she vacationed in Europe.

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. ^ Simpson, Anna Pratt (1915). Problems women solved : being the story of the Woman's Board of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition : what vision, enthusiasm, work and co-operation accomplished. San Francisco: The Woman's Board. Retrieved 13 January 2025 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Orrin M. Peck, Noted Artist, Dies in South". San Francisco Examiner (Obituary). January 21, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Orrin M. Peck, Painter, Dies Suddenly". San Francisco Bulletin (Obituary). January 21, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-12-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "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.
  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. ^ Wickson, E. J. (1915). Wickson, E. J. (ed.). "Work and Purposes of the Woman's Board of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition". California's Magazine. 1 (1). California Publishers' Co-operative Association: 375. Retrieved 13 January 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  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.
  11. ^ Grant, John P. (1926). Grants and Their Relatives. Fort Orange Press. p. 31. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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