Irma Theoda Jones

Irma Theoda Jones (née, Andrews; March 11, 1845 – June 1929) was a philanthropist and a pioneer resident of Lansing, Michigan.

Her ancestors were among the pioneers of western New York, with a strong mixture of German blood on the father's side.

[1][3] Jones was a contributor to various newspapers, her most influential work was in connection with the Lansing Woman's Club, of which she was one of the originators and president from 1885 to 1887, and also with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in the days following the crusade movement, with the rise of the Young Women's Christian Association and with the Lansing Industrial Aid Society, of which she was the president.

The Lansing Industrial Aid Society had for its object the permanent uplifting of the poor, and maintained a weekly school for teaching sewing, cooking and practical lessons in domestic economy to the children of the needy.

[1] In 1892, she became editor of the literary club department of the Mid Continent, a monthly magazine published in Lansing.