Avery, Evelyn
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Avery, Evelyn, “Avery, Evelyn,” Digital Collections, accessed April 4, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/22631.
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Avery, Evelyn
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Evelyn Leonard was born in Grand Rapids in 1883 and grew up on Prospect Street. Evelyn (Eileen) was the daughter of the inventor of the refrigerator, Frank E. Leonard. Leonard was a Vassar graduate and married Noyes L. Avery in 1907. She was president of both the Women's City Club and Women's University Club in Grand Rapids. Mrs. Avery died on August 4, 1972.
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1971
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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