Catherine Amanda Coburn (née, Scott; November 30, 1839 – May 27, 1913) was an American pioneer of the long nineteenth century associated with the Oregon Territory.

Catherine (nicknames, "Kate"[1] or "Kit"[2]) Amanda Scott was born in Groveland, Illinois, November 30, 1839.

[4] She had eight siblings: James, Mary, Abigail, Margaret, Harvey, Harriet, John, Edward, Sarah, William, and Alice.

Ann died on June 20, 1852, when they were in the Black Hills, at a point in the trail about 70 miles (110 km) north of the present city of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

[7][12] In the 1880s, Coburn served as associate editor of the Evening Telegram for at least five years, through a period of numerous changes in leadership.

[15] Her ability to cover local incidents and interests in editorial comment was credited to her personal connection with the pioneer experience.

[20] When her sister Abigail brought national woman suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony to Portland's Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Catherine was among those in the receiving line at her speech.

[10] She died, following a long illness,[22] in Portland, on May 27, 1913,[23][a] Leslie M. Scott, her nephew and fellow journalist, praised her career in an obituary;[16] she was buried in that city's River View Cemetery.