What is 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bertha & Harry Holt|publisher=University of Oregon|url=https://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/people/holt.htm|access-date=September 23, 2019}}</ref> 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]]<ref>[https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/bertha-holt/ National Women's Hall of Fame, Bertha Holt]</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Holt, Bertha}} [[Category:People from Iowa]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:1904 births]] [[Category:2000 deaths]]