Bertha Holt

Berta Marian Holt (February 5, 1904 – July 24, 2000) was the founder of the Holt International Children's Services. She created the organization around 1956.

Bertha Holt was also a nurse. She was known as Grandma Holt.

Holt was born in Des Moines, Iowa. She died after having a stroke at age 96 in Creswell, Oregon.

Awards

• National Mother of the Year award in 1966
• Korea National Merit Award in 1995 (as the only non-Korean to ever receive the award)
• World Record for the 400 meter race in the over 90 age group at the Hayward Classic in 1996
• 2002, induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame

References

1. ↑ "Bertha & Harry Holt". University of Oregon. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
2. ↑ National Women's Hall of Fame, Bertha Holt