Loraine Immen (née, Pratt; August 3, 1840 – October 21, 1927) was an American philanthropist, elocutionist, author, and social leader.
Her father, E. G. Pratt, was a native of Massachusetts, who settled in Michigan in the pioneer days, making his home in Mount Clemens.
[4] She continued her studies after marriage, and in 1880, she was graduated and received the first honor in a senior class contest of the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[1] Returning to her home, she gave a public reading in the Mount Clemens opera house, giving the proceeds of the entertainment for the beginning of a fund to purchase a town clock.
Appearing as a lecturer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, her subject was "Paris," and the proceeds she gave to aid in erecting the soldier's monumental fountain in that city.
It became the center of intellectual activity among the women of Grand Rapids, focused on art, literature, history, science and education.