Edith Somborn Issacs Scrapbook

Edith Somborn was born on June 18th, 1884. Somborn entered Barnard in 1902 as a zoology major. She was the associate editor of the Barnard Bulletin for the class of 1906, worked as a student manager of the Barnard fund, participated in theatrical productions, was secretary of the Barnard Zoological club, and helped produce and edit theMortarboard. She co-wrote the comic operetta “Barnardesia” with her classmate Blanche Marks. It made the case for Barnard dormitories, and Somborn invited the Board of Directors to the performance. Soon after, an anonymous donor gave funds for the first dormitory. After her graduation in 1906, Somborn remained an extremely active member of the Barnard community, acting as the chairman of the Barnard Fund Alumnae Committee, presenting the history of the class of 1906 at the 50th reunion in 1956, and corresponding with President Martha Peterson. Somborn married Stanley M. Isaacs in 1910, taking his last name and control of his political campaigns (Isaacs served as Manhattan Borough President and as a Republican representative on the City Council.) She was a board member of the Women’s City Club of New York. Somborn died on May 7th, 1978.