Ann Batchelder

Background

Batchelder, Ann was born on March 21, 1881 in Windsor, Vermont, United States. Daughter of William and Julia Elizabeth (Kennedy) Batchelder.

Education

Educated by tutors and at Bishop Hopkins Hall, Burlington, Vermont. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bowling Green (O.) University, 1950.

Career

Began as bank secretary, later reporter and newspaper feature writer and assistant in law office. Food editor Delineator Magazine, 1928-1934. Associate editor Ladies Home Journal, since 1934.

Achievements

• Ann Batchelder has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as secretary Vermont Equal Suffrage Association Adviser to faculty Dunbar-Danforth School for Girls, Worcester, Massachusetts. Member Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Mamaroneck Historical Society. Member Vermont Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut.