Beatrice A. MacCue Cosgrove (December 18, 1886 – died after 1955), sometimes seen as Beatrice McCue, was an American singer, clubwoman, and voice teacher, most active in the 1920s and 1930s.
Beatrice MacCue
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Beatrice MacCue, from a 1925 publication
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Born | December 18, 1886
Akron, Ohio
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Other names | Beatrice McCue, Beatrice Clifton, Beatrice Cosgrove |
Occupation | Singer |
Beatrice MacCue was from Akron, Ohio,[1] the daughter of Thomas W. McCue.[2] Her father and older brother were coal dealers;[3] her father was also an inventor.[4][5] She attended Mount Notre Dame convent school in Cincinnati.[6] Herbert Witherspoon was one of her voice teachers.[7]
MacCue was a contralto.[8] She moved to New York in 1901.[9] She sang at benefit concerts for the American Red Cross during World War I, and toured in France with the YMCA to entertain the troops.[10][11] She performed at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1920.[12] She taught singing from a studio on Broadway,[13][14] and performed for radio audiences, sometimes with her students.[15][16]
MacCue owned a large working farm. In 1917, she donated over 100 jars of currant jelly to the American Red Cross.[17] She was president of the entertainment unit of the Women's Overseas Service League.[10][18][19] She was active in the New York chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon.[13] In winters, she taught and performed in Miami.[7][20][21]
During World War II, as Beatrice MacCue Cosgrove, she was again active in the Women's Overseas Service League,[22] organizing fundraisers, directing "Bundles for America", a sewing workroom, and sending relief supplies to servicemen and their families.[23][24] She was also active in the Daughters of Ohio in New York, into the 1950s.[25][26]
MacCue was rescued from an undertow in the ocean off Miami in 1923.[28] She married attorney Hugh Cosgrove in 1935.[2][6] She died after 1955.[26]