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[[Image:heustiscard.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Christmas card]]HEUSTIS, Bertha Lincoln. (Coldwater, MI, Mar. 5, 1870-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 21, 1944). Bertha Lincoln was the daughter of the United States consul to China appointed at the end of the Grant administration and continued under President Hayes. After five years in China, the consul and his family returned to Washington, D. C. where Bertha began singing lessons. In competition with one hundred of the finest amateur soloists, she won the position of soprano soloist for the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D. C. She held the position for several years while continuing her studies and performing in light operas. In June, 1893 she had her formal debut as a public singer in Milwaukee. It was after this performance that she met and later married Dr. James Walter Heustis of Dubuque. | [[Image:heustiscard.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Christmas card]]HEUSTIS, Bertha Lincoln. (Coldwater, MI, Mar. 5, 1870-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 21, 1944). Bertha Lincoln was the daughter of the United States consul to China appointed at the end of the Grant administration and continued under President Hayes. After five years in China, the consul and his family returned to Washington, D. C. where Bertha began singing lessons. In competition with one hundred of the finest amateur soloists, she won the position of soprano soloist for the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D. C. She held the position for several years while continuing her studies and performing in light operas. In June, 1893 she had her formal debut as a public singer in Milwaukee. It was after this performance that she met and later married Dr. James Walter Heustis of Dubuque. | ||
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HEUSTIS, Bertha Lincoln. (Coldwater, MI, Mar. 5, 1870-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 21, 1944). Bertha Lincoln was the daughter of the United States consul to China appointed at the end of the Grant administration and continued under President Hayes. After five years in China, the consul and his family returned to Washington, D. C. where Bertha began singing lessons. In competition with one hundred of the finest amateur soloists, she won the position of soprano soloist for the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D. C. She held the position for several years while continuing her studies and performing in light operas. In June, 1893 she had her formal debut as a public singer in Milwaukee. It was after this performance that she met and later married Dr. James Walter Heustis of Dubuque.
An accredited correspondent at the White House during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, Heustis was a regular correspondent for the TELEGRAPH HERALD and Dubuque Enterprise.
While serving as its national president in 1915, Heustis took an active role in founding branch chapters of the National Society of American Pen Women. An accomplished author, Heustis published three volumes of poems and short stories, wrote book reviews for many publications, and produced and directed twelve motion picture shorts.
From 1901 to 1911 Heustis served as chairperson of the Dubuque Borough No.1 of the Iowa Society of Colonial Dames of America.