Clara Power Edgerly (1864 – December 25, 1896) was a prominent American elocutionist and principal of the Boston College of Oratory and Delsarte Ideal Training School, informally known as the Boston College of Oratory.
[1] Boston was a center of elocutionary training at the time, and Edgerly was the only woman to head any of the city's oratory schools.
[1] Her advanced students formed the Edgerly Tableaux Troupe and gave public exhibitions.
[1] The Boston College of Oratory was incorporated into the rival School of Expression in 1895.
[1] Edgerly died at her home in Manchester, New Hampshire, on December 25, 1896, attributed to blood poisoning.