Beatrice MacCue explained

Beatrice MacCue
Birth Date:December 18, 1886
Birth Place:Akron, Ohio
Other Names:Beatrice McCue, Beatrice Clifton, Beatrice Cosgrove
Occupation:Singer

Beatrice A. MacCue Cosgrove (December 18, 1886 – died after 1955), sometimes seen as Beatrice McCue, was an American singer, clubwoman, and voice teacher, most active in the 1920s and 1930s.

Early life and education

Beatrice MacCue was from Akron, Ohio,[1] the daughter of Thomas W. McCue.[2] Her father and older brother were coal dealers;[3] her father was also an inventor.[4] [5] She attended Mount Notre Dame convent school in Cincinnati.[6] Herbert Witherspoon was one of her voice teachers.[7]

Career

MacCue was a contralto.[8] She moved to New York in 1901.[9] She sang at benefit concerts for the American Red Cross during World War I, and toured in France with the YMCA to entertain the troops.[10] [11] She performed at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1920.[12] She taught singing from a studio on Broadway,[13] [14] and performed for radio audiences, sometimes with her students.[15] [16]

MacCue owned a large working farm. In 1917, she donated over 100 jars of currant jelly to the American Red Cross.[17] She was president of the entertainment unit of the Women's Overseas Service League.[18] [19] She was active in the New York chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon. In winters, she taught and performed in Miami.[20] [21]

During World War II, as Beatrice MacCue Cosgrove, she was again active in the Women's Overseas Service League,[22] organizing fundraisers, directing "Bundles for America", a sewing workroom, and sending relief supplies to servicemen and their families.[23] [24] She was also active in the Daughters of Ohio in New York, into the 1950s.[25] [26]

Publications

Personal life

MacCue was rescued from an undertow in the ocean off Miami in 1923.[28] She married attorney Hugh Cosgrove in 1935. She died after 1955.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1914-02-12 . Beatrice McCue Pleases Audience at Buffalo, N.Y. . 6 . The Akron Beacon Journal . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1935-06-08 . Cosgrove -- MacCue . en . 10 . The New York Times . 2023-07-28.
  3. Book: Hull . Arthur M. . Coal Men of America: A Biographical and Historical Review of the World's Greatest Industry . Hale . Sydney A. . 1918 . Retail Coalman . 316 . en.
  4. Book: The Chicago Clinic . 1902 . Chicago Clinical School . 95 . en.
  5. Book: United States Patent Office . Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office . 1925 . U.S. Patent Office. . 116 . en.
  6. News: 1938-05-24 . Beatrice McCue Famous as Singer, Returns Home . 24 . The Akron Beacon Journal . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Stone . Isabel . 1924-02-07 . Vocal Training is Beneficial to All, is Belief of Miss Beatrice MacCue . 16 . The Miami Herald . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1920-10-03 . Contralto Returns to New York . 9 . Akron Evening Times . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1902-09-25 . An Akron Girl; Miss Beatrice McCue Singing at Daly's; She Made a Hit . 5 . The Akron Beacon Journal . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1926-06-28 . Overseas Women--One has D.S.M.--Three in Siberia . 4 . Evening World-Herald . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1938-12-02 . Home for Aged to Hold Tea for Service League . 15 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1920-03-10 . Beatrice MacCue, Contralto, Sings . en . The New York Times . 2023-07-28.
  13. February 1925 . New York Club . The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon . 19 . 2 . 162.
  14. September 1, 1939 . Beatrice MacCue Reopens Studio . Musical Courier . 120 . 5 . 10 . Internet Archive.
  15. News: 1925-08-19 . Radio: WEAF, New York City . 11 . The Bayonne Times . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  16. October 15, 1939 . Heard in the Studio: Beatrice MacCue . Musical Courier . 120 . 8 . 32 . Internet Archive.
  17. September 15, 1917 . Beatrice MacCue in Ranks of Successful Farmerette-Singers . Musical America . 31.
  18. News: 1933-12-11 . Christmas Reunion . 25 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: July 17, 1940 . War Service Plans for Women Outlined . 23 . The New York Times . July 28, 2023.
  20. News: 1922-09-22 . Beatrice MacCue Concert . 5 . The Miami News . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  21. News: 1922-02-10 . Sunday Night Soloist at the Flamingo Hotel; Beatrice McCue to Appear . 19 . The Miami News . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: 1942-06-03 . Women War Vets to Hold Memorial . 8 . Newsday (Nassau Edition) . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.
  23. Hall . Mary Frances . August 1941 . New York . Carry on . 20 . 3 . 55.
  24. Hall . Mary Frances . April 1943 . New York . Carry on . 22 . 1 . 41.
  25. News: December 8, 1935 . Daughters of Ohio to Give Yule Party . 119 . The New York Times . July 28, 2023.
  26. News: May 15, 1956 . Daughters of Ohio Elect . 21 . The New York Times . July 28, 2023.
  27. MacCue, Beatrice. "Music in New York City" The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon 19(2)(February 1925): 98-99.
  28. News: 1923-03-15 . Singer Has Narrow Escape from Drowning; Miss Beatrice MacCue Rescued from Surf and Undertow . 7 . The Miami News . 2023-07-28 . Newspapers.com.

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