Edith Foster Dulles

(1863–1941)

BIRTH

1863

PLACE

Evansville, Indiana

NAME

Edith Foster

DEATH

June 8, 1941

PLACE

Auburn, New York

FAMILY

HUSBAND

Allen Macy Dulles

(1854–1930)

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CHRISTIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

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AWARDS

Edith Foster Dulles was mother of U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Her sons also included intelligence director Allen Dulles; her daughter was diplomat Eleanor Lansing Dulles. She was married to Allen Macy Dulles.

ACTIVIST

EARLY LIFE

Edith Foster Dulles led Auburn's Women's Educational and Industrial Union from 1907 for about 25 years. The union offered education and support to working women, and she helped found the Professional Women's Club in 1921.

CAREER

DEATH

Edith Foster Dulles died in Auburn on June 8, 1941. Fort Hill Cemetery's interment register places her in Consecration Dell, Lot 74, Grave 3, adjacent to Allen Macy Dulles. The record does not give a cause of death.