Edith Claire Cram[1] (née Bryce; May 6, 1880 – February 28, 1960) was an American peace activist and heiress.
She wrote an open letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, in which she asked him to mediate.
[4][5][a] The family home, Bryce House, was located in Roslyn on Long Island, New York.
[4] Her father died on April 2, 1917,[6] and according to the will, the bulk of the estate, calculated at $6,667,136 in 1918, went to her children and grandchildren, with Peter the main beneficiary.
[7] Her sister, Cornelia (1881–1960),[8] was married to conservationist Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946), the first Chief of the United States Forest Service under Theodore Roosevelt, in 1914.
[6] After the French and Belgian invasion of the Ruhr, Albert Einstein expressed his displeasure of the League of Nations' response.
She held a meeting at Carnegie Hall in 1939 where senators and representatives of Congress, who wanted to lift the arms embargo, addressed calls for peace.
[16] During World War II, she wrote an open letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking him to be a mediator for a peaceful resolution.
[6] Like her sister Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, she was interested in women's rights, particularly birth control.
[3][14] He was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee,[16] president of the Dock Board, and the Public Service Commissioner.