Nan B. Frank

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Nan B. Frank was an American social worker and a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. She was born Nan Bamburgh on May 2, 1886, in Princeton, Illinois, to Joseph J. and Regina Bamburgh. In the early 1900s, she moved to California and lived in San Francisco. She volunteered as a social worker and became very active in the League of Women Voters of California, serving on several important committees. She eventually led the San Francisco Center of the League. When California women won the right to vote in 1911, the San Francisco Center helped organize local efforts, and in 1920 the center became part of the League of Women Voters. Frank was also a member of the Women’s City Club and the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood.

She married Ludwig Frank, and they had three children: James E., Richard L., and Emily Ann. Nan B. Frank passed away on April 24, 1980, in San Mateo, California, at the age of 93.