Background
Crothers, Nell Veatch was born on March 21, 1916 in Buchanan, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Jesse William and Julia Bell (Kinsey) Veatch.
social worker association executive
Crothers, Nell Veatch was born on March 21, 1916 in Buchanan, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Jesse William and Julia Bell (Kinsey) Veatch.
AB, LaGrange College, 1932-1936; student, University Georgia, 1934; postgraduate, Young Harris College, 1936-1937.
Teacher, Young Harris (Georgia) College, 1936-1938; teacher, Young Women’s Christian Association, Cleveland, 1938-1940; public relations, Case School Applied Science, Cleveland, 1938-1940; statistician, Crane Company, Atlanta, 1940-1942; teacher, Young Women’s Christian Association, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1945-1947; manager, social worker, American Red Cross, Salem, Oregon, 1963-1966; executive director, Young Women’s Christian Association, Salem, 1966-1973.
President Young Women’s Christian Association, LaGrange, Georgia, 1935-1936. Trustee, teacher Presbyterian Church, since 1947. Volunteer board directors, president Young Women’s Christian Association, Salem, 1948-1966.
Drama director Community Theatre and Presbyterian Church, Salem, 1950-1960. Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association National Board, New York City, 1958-1964. Campaign manager United Fund, Salem, 1958.
Committee member Council of Governments, Salem, Oregon, 1960, City of Salem, 1960-1979. Organizer Human Rights Communications, Salem, 1963. Committee member Salem Art Assn, 1973-1979, Mission Mill Museum, 1979-1985.
Member Salem Hand Weavers Guild (4 awards northwest weavers conference, 1979).
Married William Clawson Crothers, August 24, 1938. Children: William Clawson Junior, Nina Crothers Fogg, Carolyn Crothers House.