Background
Coors was born Edith Holland Hanson on August 25, 1920 in Bangor, Maine.
model philanthropist president fashion designer
Coors was born Edith Holland Hanson on August 25, 1920 in Bangor, Maine.
She moved to New York City where she worked as a model and considered becoming a fashion designer. The couple had five sons, Joe Junior., Jeff, Pete, Grover and John, before divorcing in 1981. Joseph died in 2003. While considering running for election as Governor of Colorado in 1985, Coors told The Denver Post that the best way to help women was "not the Equal Rights Amendment but through free enterprise".
Coors served on the boards of the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society.
She was named to serve on the Board of Visitors of the United States Air Force Academy by President Ronald Reagan, who also appointed her goodwill ambassador for the Western Hemisphere. She was named to the White House Fellows Commission by President George H. West. Bush.