Zilfa Estcourt Explained

Zilfa Estcourt
Birth Name:Zilpha Eugenie Phillips
Birth Date:1883 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:Black River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation:Journalist
Years Active:1914–1948
Alma Mater:Whitworth College, University of Chicago
Spouse:[1] [2]
Other Names:Zilfa Phillips

Zilfa Estcourt (born Zilpha Eugenie Phillips, May 3, 1883 – December 17, 1959) was an American newspaper columnist and editor. Described variously as "the dean of west coast woman writers"[3] and as being "to newspapers what Ethel Barrymore is to the stage,"[4] Estcourt was the women's editor at the Tacoma Tribune[5] [6] and San Francisco Chronicle.[7]

Early life and career

On May 3, 1883, Zilpha Eugenie Phillips was born in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, the oldest of four children born to Thomas Henry Phillips and Emma Eugenie Jesse.[8] Sometime between 1991 and 1900, the family relocated to Tacoma, Washington,[9] [10] and, in 1904, Pillips received a Bachelor of Art's degree from Whitworth College in Spokane.[11] At that time, she was awarded a scholarship to the University of Chicago,[12] where she earned her master's degree the following year.[13] [14]

Death

On December 17, 1959, Estcourt, whose health had been failing since her retirement in 1949, died in a San Francisco nursing home.[14]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89246673/marriage-of-et-court-phillips/ "Harry S. Estcourt Weds Society Editor"
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=89246864 "Former S.F. Man Succumbs in N.Y."
  3. Greenman, Frances Cranmer (May 23, 1948). "California Letter: Time to Shed Moss, Rolling Stone Finds". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. p. p. 56. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  4. Pierce, Pat (March 20, 1943). "Operations on the Hill". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. p. 8. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=RL5NAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Zilfa+Phillips%22&pg=RA21-PA22 "Personals"
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=DIk9AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Zilfa+Phillips%22&pg=PA20 "Change in Perkins Staff at Tacoma"
  7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=89246992 "Whitworth Reunion"
  8. "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR1P-KVL : 30 January 2020), Zilpha Eugenie Phillips, 1883.
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=OqjSAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Zilfa+Phillips%22&pg=PA220 "Donors to Young People's Fund"
  10. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPP-S3S : accessed 2 December 2021), Zilfa E Phillips in household of Thomas H Phillips, Precinct 1 Tacoma city Ward 1, Pierce, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 161, sheet 5B, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,748.
  11. https://books.google.com/books?id=ta9GAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22zilfa+eugenie+phillips%22&pg=PA69 "Graduates"
  12. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89251876/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/ "Chicago University Honors Tacoma Girl"
  13. https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=89913623 "Whitworth Is Again Honored"
  14. https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=89253246 "Obituaries: Zilfa Estcourt"

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