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'''Eleanor Daugherty''' (née '''O’Brien''') was a [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]], active in the early 1940s. She attended [[Chicon]], the 1941 [[Worldcon]], and was much mentioned in [[con reports]] about [[Denvention]] the following year. | '''Eleanor Daugherty''' (née '''O’Brien''') was a [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]], active in the early 1940s. She attended [[Chicon]], the 1941 [[Worldcon]], and was much mentioned in [[con reports]] about [[Denvention]] the following year. | ||
| − | She was credited as co-[[editor]] in the third issue of ''[[Shangri-L'Affaires|Shangri-LA]]'' in July 1941, although that may have been by way of a [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Shangri-LA/Shangri-LA03-03.html? wedding announcement]. Her marriage to [[Walt Daugherty]] did not last long | + | She was credited as co-[[editor]] in the third issue of ''[[Shangri-L'Affaires|Shangri-LA]]'' in July 1941, although that may have been by way of a [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Shangri-LA/Shangri-LA03-03.html? wedding announcement]. Her marriage to [[Walt Daugherty]] did not last long. She then married Frank Baker in 1947 and they eventually settled in Chula Vista, CA. |
In ''[[Shaggy|Shangri-LA]]'' 1 ([http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Shangri-LA/Shangri-LA01-19.htm April 1940]), [[T. Bruce Yerke]] reported that Walt had recruited both Eleanor and Jimmy into LASFS, and that they were working together on an entertainment [[committee]]. Jimmy wrote more about Eleanor’s role as head of the committee later in the issue. | In ''[[Shaggy|Shangri-LA]]'' 1 ([http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Shangri-LA/Shangri-LA01-19.htm April 1940]), [[T. Bruce Yerke]] reported that Walt had recruited both Eleanor and Jimmy into LASFS, and that they were working together on an entertainment [[committee]]. Jimmy wrote more about Eleanor’s role as head of the committee later in the issue. | ||
| − | In 1981, [[Denvention Two]] reported Eleanor alive and well in [[L.A.]] in its census of 1941 Worldcon members. | + | In 1981, [[Denvention Two]] reported Eleanor alive and well in [[L.A.]] in its census of 1941 Worldcon members. She died in 2005 |
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Revision as of 10:40, 6 September 2021
(January 6, 1923 – August 5, 2005)
Eleanor Daugherty (née O’Brien) was a Los Angeles fan, a member of LASFS, active in the early 1940s. She attended Chicon, the 1941 Worldcon, and was much mentioned in con reports about Denvention the following year.
She was credited as co-editor in the third issue of Shangri-LA in July 1941, although that may have been by way of a wedding announcement. Her marriage to Walt Daugherty did not last long. She then married Frank Baker in 1947 and they eventually settled in Chula Vista, CA.
In Shangri-LA 1 (April 1940), T. Bruce Yerke reported that Walt had recruited both Eleanor and Jimmy into LASFS, and that they were working together on an entertainment committee. Jimmy wrote more about Eleanor’s role as head of the committee later in the issue.
In 1981, Denvention Two reported Eleanor alive and well in L.A. in its census of 1941 Worldcon members. She died in 2005
| Person | 1923—2005 |
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