Background
Backus, Louise Burton Laidlaw was born on October 24, 1906 in New York City. Daughter of James Lees and Harriet Davenport Wright Burton Laidlaw.
Backus, Louise Burton Laidlaw was born on October 24, 1906 in New York City. Daughter of James Lees and Harriet Davenport Wright Burton Laidlaw.
Bachelor of Arts, Barnard College, 1929. Student University of Oxford.
Contributing editor Voices, poetry magazine, from 1930. Board of directors, president, chairman Institute World Affairs. Board directors Christadora House.
Member Committee to Defend American by Aiding Allies, 1939-1941.
Secretary, editor, member Women's Action Committee for Victory and Lasting Peace, 1939-1948, representative to United Nations organization conference, San Francisco, 1946. Member educational committee, and national Executive Committee United Nations Association United States of America.
Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1951. Chairman of Commission American Committee of Pan-Pacific Women's Association 1951.
Trustee Barnard College.
Member Committee to Defend American by Aiding Allies, 1939-1941. Member educational committee, and national Executive Committee United Nations Association United States of America. Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1951.
Member.
Clubs: Woman’s City, Cosmopolitan, Colony, Women's University (New York City).
Married Dana Converse Backus, 1933. Children: Mary Louise Burton Backus Rankin, Janet Graham Backus Stason, Elizabeth Backus Laidlaw Girard, Harriet Merideth Backus Todd, Anne Converse (deceased).