Person

Kate Powers

President of the Woman's Club of Clarke County, elected at its annual meeting of April 26, 1923 and listed as president in the club's program for 1923-24.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of May 10, 1923 reports that the Woman's Club of Clarke County, at its annual meeting on April 26, elected Miss Kate Powers president, and its issue of August 16, 1923, printing the club's program for 1923-24, lists Miss Kate A Powers as president.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

What the source supports

That Kate Powers was president of the Woman's Club of Clarke County for 1923-24.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The August program prints her name "Kate A Powers". Reading the two items as one woman rests on the matching name and office.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The May 10, 1923 report of the club's election.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 10, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-05-10 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, report of the Woman's Club's annual meeting and election of officers

Relevant passage

THK [THE] WOMAN’S CUB [CLUB] CONVENKS [CONVENES] ... the Woman’s Club Clarke county held its annual meeting Thursday, April 26 the election of officers for the ensuing year. The following mem. hers were elected to office: President, Miss Kate Powers. Vice President, Miss Emma Jones.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The club's program for 1923-24, printed August 16, 1923.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-08-16 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, the Woman's Club's printed program for 1923-24, with its officers and committees

Relevant passage

1923.24 Program ... Womans Club of Clarkf: [Clarke] County ... The Officers of The Club art [are] President..... Miss Kate A Powers ... PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Mrs. A. Cummins. Chairman. ... Mias [Miss] Alice C. Ferguson. ... SOCIAL COMMITTER [COMMITTEE] Mrs. Frank B. Whiting. Mrs. Jos. F. Moore. Miss Annie T. Ferguson.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Miss Kate Powers; Miss Kate A Powers. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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