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.