Background
Alden, Mrs. Cynthia May Westover was born on May 31, 1861 in Afton, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Oliver S. and Lucinda (Lewis) Westover.
Alden, Mrs. Cynthia May Westover was born on May 31, 1861 in Afton, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Oliver S. and Lucinda (Lewis) Westover.
Graduate Denver Business College. Bachelor of Arts, University of Colorado. Master of Literature, Alfred U., 1905.
Taught geology, bookkeeping, vocal music. United States Inspector of Customs, New York, 1887, at times substituting for the interpreter. Secretary for 2 years to commissioner of street cleaning (first woman to receive appointment to a political position in New York State).
Editor Woman’s Department New York Recorder. Editor Woman’s Department New York Tribune 3 years. Member editorial staff Ladies’ Home Journal 10 years Founder and president general International Sunshine Society (membership over 300,000).
Founder International Sunshine Blind Babies’ nurseries, homes, hospitals, etc., combined (only instns. of the kind in the United States). Author: Manhattan, Historic and Artistic. Bushy—Child Life in the Far West.
Women’s Ways of Earning Money, 1904. The Baby Blind, 1915. Home: Brooklyn, New York.
Member editorial staff Ladies’ Home Journal 10 years Founder and president general International Sunshine Society (membership over 300,000).
Married John Alden, of Brooklyn Eagle, 1896.