Bertha Holt
Berta Marian Holt (February 5, 1904 – July 24, 2000) was the founder of the Holt International Children's Services. She created the organization around 1956.[1]
Bertha Holt was also a nurse. She was known as Grandma Holt.
Holt was born in Des Moines, Iowa. She died after having a stroke at age 96 in Creswell, Oregon.
Awards
- National Mother of the Year award in 1966
- Korea National Merit Award in 1995 (as the only non-Korean to ever receive the award)
- World Record for the 400 meter race in the over 90 age group at the Hayward Classic in 1996
- 2002, induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame[2]
References
- ↑ "Bertha & Harry Holt". University of Oregon. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ↑ National Women's Hall of Fame, Bertha Holt