Emma Louise Lowe
{{Short description|American musician, educator (1902–1995)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Emma Louise Lowe
|image =
|caption =
|office1 = First Lady of American Samoa
|governor1 = Richard Barrett Lowe
|term_label1 = In role
|term_start1 = October 1, 1953
|term_end1 = October 15, 1956
|successor1 = Nora Stewart Coleman
|office2 = First Lady of Guam
|governor2 = Richard Barrett Lowe
|term_label2 = In role
|term_start2 = October 15, 1956
|term_end2 = November 14, 1959
|birth_date = {{Birth year |1902}}
|birth_place = Ottumwa, Iowa, US
|death_date = {{Death year and age |1995|1902}}
|death_place = Manassas, Virginia, US
|alma_mater = Drake University Conservatory of Music
|party = Republican
|occupation = Musician, Educator, First Lady of American Samoa and First Lady of Guam
|spouse = Richard Barrett Lowe
|children = 2
}}
Emma Louise Lowe was an American musician, educator, former First Lady of American Samoa and former First Lady of Guam.
Early life
Education
Lowe earned a degree from Drake University Conservatory of Music in Des Moines, Iowa.
Career
Lowe was a violinist with a musical ensemble on the Chautauqua Circuit in the Midwest. Lowe was also a pianist. Lowe became a music instructor at Eastern State Teachers College in South Dakota.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeClC9BpTBcC&pg=SL1-PA6077 |title=A Report on the Government of Guam |publisher=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress |date=July 7, 1958 |accessdate=October 29, 2021}}(page A6077)
In 1953, when Richard Barrett Lowe was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Governor of American Samoa, Lowe became the First Ladies of American Samoa on October 1, 1953, until October 15, 1956.
In 1956, when Richard Barrett Lowe was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Governor of Guam, Lowe became the First Lady of Guam on October 15, 1956, until November 14, 1959.{{cite web |url=https://www.guampedia.com/governor-richard-barrett-lowe/ |title=Governor Richard Barrett Lowe |website=guampedia.com |date=20 August 2012 |accessdate=October 26, 2021}}
Lowe and her husband restored old houses in Alexandria, Virginia.
Personal life
Lowe's husband was Richard Barrett Lowe (1902-1972), an educator, Governor of American Samoa, and Governor of Guam. They had two sons, Bruce A. Lowe (1926-2015) and Cameron A. Lowe (1932-2020). Lowe and her family lived in Madison, South Dakota, Alcester, South Dakota, Wessington Springs, South Dakota, American Samoa, and Guam.{{cite web |url=https://www.fauquiernow.com/fauquier_news/obituary/bruce-a.-lowe |title=Obituaries » Bruce A. Lowe |website=fauquiernow.com |date=2015 |accessdate=October 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027025447/https://www.fauquiernow.com/fauquier_news/obituary/bruce-a.-lowe |url-status=bot: unknown }}(){{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pilotonline/name/cameron-lowe-obituary?id=13815908 |title=CAPT Cameron A. Lowe Dental Corps USN Ret. |website=legacy.com |date=2020 |accessdate=October 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027031246/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pilotonline/name/cameron-lowe-obituary?id=13815908 |url-status=bot: unknown }}()
In 1953, Lowe and her family lived in America Samoa. In 1956, Lowe and her family lived Guam.
Lowe lived in a replica of George Washington's house at 508 Cameron St, Alexandria, Virginia, until 1990.
On December 27, 1995, Lowe died of cardiac arrest at the Caton Merchant House retirement facility in Manassas, Virginia. Lowe is interred at Graceland Cemetery in Madison, South Dakota.{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/12/30/obituaries/ab35a258-a4be-4dca-bbf1-47ddbd27e283/ |title=OBITUARIES - EMMA LOUISE LOWE Home Restorer |website=washingtonpost.com |date=December 30, 1995 |accessdate=October 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024092707/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/12/30/obituaries/ab35a258-a4be-4dca-bbf1-47ddbd27e283/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}()
References
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External links
- [https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/South-Dakota/Emma-Louise-Lowe_3vl9y0 Emma Louise Lowe in the 1940 Census at ancestry.com]
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Category:American women violinists
Category:American Samoan women in politics
Category:American women pianists
Category:American music educators
Category:American women music educators
Category:First ladies and gentlemen of Guam
Category:First ladies of American Samoa
Category:Musicians from Alexandria, Virginia