Edith Irwin Hobart
{{short description|14th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Edith Irwin Hobart
| image = Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, Miss Francis Hoffman, 4-16-29 LCCN2016843575.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Hobart (left) in 1929
| title = 14th President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
| term_start = 1929
| term_end = 1932
| predecessor = Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau
| successor = Edith Scott Magna
| office2 = 1st National President of the American Legion Auxiliary
| term_start2 = 1921
| term_end2 = 1922
| education =
| spouse = Lowell Fletcher Hobart
| children =
| parents =
| birth_name = Edith E. Irwin
| birth_date = 1869
| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = 1958
| death_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
| resting_place = Spring Grove Cemetery
| website =
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Edith E. Irwin Hobart (1869–1958) was an American civic leader who served as the 14th president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution and as the 1st national president of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Biography
Hobart joined the Cincinnati Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1898, serving as chapter regent for three terms.{{Cite web |url= https://www.dar.org/national-society/dar-presidents-general|title= DAR Presidents General|author= |date= |website= Daughters of the American Revolution|publisher= |access-date= November 5, 2023}} She later served as the State Regent of Ohio for three years, as Organizing Secretary General, and as Chairwoman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee. She served as President General of the national society from 1929 to 1932, and during her tenure as president general, DAR Constitution Hall was completed.{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.winona.edu/?a=d&d=TWN19621108-01.2.253&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Winona Daily News 8 November 1962 — Winona Newspaper Database|website=newspaperarchive.winona.edu}} During her presidency, she traveled to 47 U.S. states.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.dar.org/travels-president-general|title=Travels with the President General | Today's DAR}} After her term ended, she was elected as Honorary President General.
She served as the first national president of the American Legion Auxiliary from 1921 to 1922.{{Cite web|url=https://alaforveterans.pastperfectonline.com/photo/8F7955D0-68E5-41D0-BD1C-886245330230|title=2017.2.71 - Edith Irwin Hobart at 1939 at National Convention | American Legion Auxiliary|website=alaforveterans.pastperfectonline.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.times-gazette.com/story/news/2008/06/19/delegates-sworn-in-to-government/19089650007/|title=Delegates sworn in to government offices|author=Staff Writer|website=Ashland Times-Gazette}}
She married Lowell Fletcher Hobart, a liquor salesman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogybug.net/oh_biographies/hobart.shtml|title=Representative Citizens of Ohio; Memorial-Biographical (1917)--William Newell Hobart|website=www.genealogybug.net}} Her husband died in 1913.
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Category:19th-century American women
Category:20th-century American women
Category:American Legion Auxiliary
Category:People from Cincinnati
Category:Presidents General of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Category:State Regents of the Daughters of the American Revolution