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| Born | Gladys Hortense O'Harra ca. 1872 |
| Died | August 5, 1938 Oakland, California, U.S. |
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| Organization(s) | President, National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs |
| Known for | Pioneer, direct mail advertising |
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| Children | 1 |
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Gladys H. Lent-Barndollar (née O'Harra; after first marriage, Lent; after second marriage, Lent-Barndollar; ca. 1872 - 1938) was an American business executive and clubwoman. In Colorado, she was the state's first court reporter.[1] in California, she was the first woman handwriting expert ever to testify in the Alameda County Superior Court.[2][3]
Lent-Barndollar was a pioneer in the direct mail advertising field.[4] In Oakland, California, she conducted the Multigraph Letter Company,[2] a large direct-by-mail business with headquarters on the seventh floor of the Tribune Tower.[5]
She served as President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.[1] She was the first woman director of Oakland Advertising Club; founder and president, Oakland Business and Professional Women's Club; director, Oakland Women's City Club; president and director, Oakland Soroptimist Club; and founder and first president, Women's Auxiliary of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.[4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
OaklandTrib6Aug1938was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Crocker, Florence B. (1925). "Mrs. Gladys Lent-Barndollar". Who Made Oakland?. C. Dalton. pp. 84–85. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Nurse is forger, woman declares". San Francisco Call. 24 February 1916. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
WomenoftheWest1928was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hunt, Rockwell Dennis (1926). "MRS. GLADYS H. LENT-BARNDOLLAR". California and Californians. Vol. 5. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 105–06. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via HathiTrust. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
