Background
Cranston, Mildred Welch was born on November 21, 1898 in Adrian, Michigan, United States. Daughter of John Wesley and Edith Farwell (Dissette) Welch.
Cranston, Mildred Welch was born on November 21, 1898 in Adrian, Michigan, United States. Daughter of John Wesley and Edith Farwell (Dissette) Welch.
AB, University of Illinois, 1921; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1922; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1930.
Missionary, Methodist Church, Chengtu, West China, 1922-1927; instructor, Boston University, 1930; instructor, U. Redlands, 1936; member, commissioner health, police, charities, City Council, Redlands, California, 1936-1938; president, Redlands Young Women’s Christian Association, 1935-1937; member National Board, Redlands Young Women’s Christian Association, 1945-1949, 52-64; member World Council, Western Region National Young Women’s Christian Association, 1946-1952, 55-64; chairman, Eastern Region National Young Women’s Christian Association, 1946-1949; vice president, chairman, Western Region National Young Women’s Christian Association, 1955-1958; vice president-at-large, Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States, 1958; honorary member of national board, Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States, from 1965; member, Board Education, Pasadena, California, 1951-1955.
Member California advisory committee Fair Employment Practices. Fellow National Council Religion in Higher education. Member League of Women Voters, United Council Church Women (Committee of 100), Philanthropic and Educational Organization, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Earl Cranston, January 28, 1929. Children: John, Margaret Brayton (Mistress Thomas S. Parsons), Florence Pitkin.