Enid Watkins Explained

Enid Watkins (July 23, 1890 – January 5, 1971), was a soprano singer, and a dancer who performed Native American dance in the 1910s.^{[1] [2]}

She was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William Watkins and Sara Jane Leonard.

According to her Associated Press obituary, she performed in opera companies in New York, San Francisco and France between 1917 and 1932.^[3] She was also a founder and co-chairperson of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.^[3]

She married Armin Degener.^[3] She died in California.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Miss Watkins in Indian Songs . . January 11, 1917 . 2011-01-27 .
2. News: Enid Watkins. Enid Watkins, a California girl, who has made a study of the Zuni tribes of the Southwest, sang a group of Indian songs in costume at the Plaza, New York, recently, in a new series, of entertainments, under direction of Mrs. R.W. ... . The Musical monitor . 1914 . 2011-01-27 .
3. News: Enid Watkins, Arts Patron,Dies . . Associated Press . January 8, 1971 . Newspapers.com.
4. News: Gateman Looks Back on Flamboyant Past . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105104044/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/680084062.html?dids=680084062:680084062&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+21,+1972&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=LION+COUNTRY+SAFARI&pqatl=google . dead . November 5, 2012 . . March 21, 1972 . 2011-01-27 .