Clara Burdette

Clara Bradley Baker Wheeler Burdette (July 22, 1855 — January 6, 1954) was an American clubwoman and philanthropist based in Pasadena, California.

[5] She was active in politics, including the 1932 presidential campaign of Herbert Hoover,[6] and in Pasadena social life.

[7] She was a founder, second president, and life member of the Ebell Club, a women's social and philanthropic organization in Los Angeles.

As a pastor's wife, or "Pastoress" (her preferred title), she was busy in the life of the congregation, organizing the women's activities and serving on numerous committees, and taking a leading role in building the Philharmonic Auditorium, which would house the large congregation and become a major venue for musical and cultural events in Los Angeles.

In 1899 she married Robert Jones Burdette, a humor writer and lecturer who became an ordained Baptist minister.

Clara B. Burdette, from her book, The Rainbow and the Pot of Gold (1908)
Home of Clara Burdette, before she married Robert, 1125 Sunnycrest and Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena, ca.1895-1900 (CHS-241)
Clara Bradley Baker, Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, in Who's who among the women of California (1914)