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 FameNational Women's Hall of Fame, Bertha Holt

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Category:People from Iowa
Category:Deaths from stroke
Category:1904 births
Category:2000 deaths