Ida Catherine Mettler Nahm (November 1865 – November 1, 1922) was an American medical doctor and clubwoman.
Ida C. Nahm | |
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 Ida C. Nahm, from a 1910 publication. | |
| Born | November 1865 German Valley, New Jersey |
| Died | November 1, 1922 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Known for | Professional Woman's League |
Early life and education edit
Ida C. Mettler was born in the German Valley, New Jersey section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey,[1] the daughter of Augustus Mettler and Christianna B. Bryant Mettler.[2] She earned a medical degree at the Hering Medical College in Chicago in 1896.[3][4]
Career edit
Nahm sang in the chorus at the Metropolitan Opera and worked as a nurse, before attending medical school. In 1899, she and her husband were running a sanitarium in New York City.[5] She gave health and beauty advice – about makeup, shoes, corsets, exercise, relationships, and skincare — in syndicated newspaper articles in the 1910s.[6][7][8]
Nahm was Corresponding Secretary of the Professional Woman's League[9] in 1904,[10] and later became one of the league's vice presidents, supporting Amelia Bingham as president.[11] She was also an executive of the Stage Children's Fund.[3] In the 1910s, she was manager of the women's department[12] of the annual Actors' Fund Fair, a major fundraising event.[13][14][15][16]
Personal life edit
Ida Catherine Mettler married theatrical manager Simon Nahm in 1892. She was widowed in 1909,[17] and she died from diabetes in 1922, aged 56 years, at her home in New York City.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Ida C. Nahm Dies" New York Herald (November 3, 1922): 11.
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book (1915): 190.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Ida C. Nahm" The New York Times (November 3, 1922): 16. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "The Commencement Exercises" The Medical Counselor (May 1896): 120.
- ^ "Woman Leaps from Window" New York Times (August 24, 1899): 3. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Marguerite Mooers Marshall, "How the American Woman Cheats Herself of Youth" Quad-City Times (March 30, 1915): 7. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Marguerite Mooers Marshall, "Bad Corsets May be a Cause of Divorce; Good Ones are Not, says a Woman Doctor" The Evening World (March 2, 1914): 3. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Thinks Woman Should Put Man in his Proper Place" El Paso Herald (July 13, 1911): 3. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Professional Woman's League Fair" New York Times (December 13, 1913): 24. via ProQuest
- ^ "Two Notable American Women in the Public Eye" Broadway Weekly (October 26, 1904): 17.
- ^ Club Women of New York (Mail & Express Company 1906): 46.
- ^ "Amelia Bingham Returning" New York Dramatic Mirror (February 26, 1910): 16.
- ^ "Stage Women Meet" New York Dramatic Mirror (February 12, 1910): 11.
- ^ "Fund Fair Activities" New York Dramatic Mirror (February 26, 1910): 7.
- ^ "The Actors' Fund Fair" New York Dramatic Mirror (May 21, 1910): 9.
- ^ "Actors' Fund Fair Opens in N. Y. Saturday Night" Billboard (May 12, 1917): 36.
- ^ Untitled news item, Courier-News (March 24, 1909): 2. via Newspapers.com
External links edit
- Ida Catherine Mettler Nahm's gravesite on Find a Grave.