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((short description|Deaf education activist (1896-1983)))
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((Infobox person
| name               = Louise Tracy
| image              = Louise Tracy, 1937.jpg
| alt                = Head-and-shoulders photo of a smiling Caucasian woman with wavy, shoulder-length dark hair
| caption            = Louise Tracy, 1937
| birth_name         = Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell
| birth_date         = ((birth date|1896|07|31))
| birth_place        = [[New Castle, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|1983|11|13|1896|07|31))
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| alma mater         = [[Lake Erie College]]
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'''Louise Ten Broeck Tracy''' ([[née]] '''Treadwell'''; July 31, 1896&nbsp;– November 13, 1983) was the founder of the [[John Tracy Clinic]], a private, non-profit education center for the deaf that began in 1942. She was married to the [[Academy Award]]-winning actor [[Spencer Tracy]].

==Family==
Tracy was born in [[New Castle, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="nytobit">((cite news |title=Louise Treadwell Tracy, 87; Actor's Widow Started Clinic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/16/obituaries/louise-treadwell-tracy-87-actor-s-widow-started-clinic.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=February 21, 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=November 16, 1983 |page=A 28|url-access=subscription))</ref> Her parents were Alliene Wetmore and Bright (Smith) Treadwell. Alliene Treadwell was a prominent attorney and part owner of the ''New Castle Daily News'' in New Castle. Tracy's parents divorced when she was a teenager.  

Tracy sought a career in vaudeville in 1914, but after less than a year in New York City she returned to New Castle and taught dancing. After graduating from [[Lake Erie College]] in 1917, she worked for a newspaper and taught school while  she pursued a career as a stage actor,<ref name="la" /> primarily in [[Repertory theatre|stock companies]]. In early March 1923, Louise joined the Leonard Wood Players in [[White Plains, New York]], which engaged her as the [[leading lady]]. There, she met actor [[Spencer Tracy]], who had also joined the company. On September 12, 1923, Louise and Spencer were married in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]].  

On June 26, 1924, Louise and Spencer's first child, John, was born. Nine months later, Louise discovered that John was [[hearing impaired]].<ref name="nytobit" /> Early in 1926 Louise met a deaf woman at a [[contract bridge]] party who could [[lip read]] very well, encouraging Louise that John might have a normal life in spite of his deafness. She took John to a hearing specialist, who confirmed a diagnosis of [[nerve deafness]]. The doctor told Louise that even though there was no medical treatment, John could still learn how to talk, lip read, and do anything a hearing person could do.

With new hope, Louise began working with John, using material from different schools. In 1927, John spoke the word "Mama" for the first time. In June 1927, John was enrolled in the Wright Oral School for the deaf in New York City. At three years of age, he was the youngest child they had ever accepted.

In the summer of 1930, Spencer Tracy went to [[Hollywood, California]], to make his first film. John and Louise also traveled to Hollywood while Spencer was filming. On the train back to New York, John was struck with [[infantile paralysis]].

In July 1932, the Tracys' daughter Susie was born, and by March 1935, the family moved to a ranch in [[Encino, California]], where they lived for 19 years. During the 1930s, Louise and Spencer both began playing [[polo]] and became accomplished players. 

Spencer and Louise separated in 1933, though they reconciled in 1935.<ref>((Cite web|last=Delapa|first=Tom|title=TRACY SALUTE A PORTRAIT OF A GREAT ACTOR|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-09-8601170862-story.html|access-date=2020-06-30|website=chicagotribune.com|date=9 March 1986 |language=en-US))</ref> There was never again an official separation between Tracy and his wife, but the marriage continued to be troubled. Tracy increasingly lived in hotels and by the 1940s, the two were effectively living separate lives. Throughout their marriage, Spencer frequently engaged in extramarital affairs, including those with actresses [[Loretta Young]], [[Joan Crawford]], [[Myrna Loy]], [[Ingrid Bergman]], and [[Gene Tierney]].<ref>Wayne, Jane Ellen. The Leading Men of MGM. New York: Carrol and Graf, 2005. page 206. ((ISBN|978-0-7867-1768-2))</ref> 

In 1942, Spencer co-starred with actress [[Katharine Hepburn]] in the film ''[[Woman of the Year]]''. The pair famously began a long-term romantic relationship that lasted until Spencer's death in 1967. During this time, Spencer and Louise became [[Family estrangement|estranged]], but they never divorced. When he died, he left his entire estate, worth around ((USD|500000|1967|round=-3)), to her, their two children, and his brother.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19670616&id=BGEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2k4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4859,3139697&hl=en |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-27 |archive-date=2020-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002174106/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19670616&id=BGEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2k4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4859,3139697&hl=en |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==The John Tracy Clinic==
In July 1942, Louise Tracy spoke for the first time on her experience as the mother of a deaf child at the [[University of Southern California]] at a banquet for the National Workshop of Social Workers and teachers and Parents of the Hard of Hearing. Louise spoke frequently and with increasing skill to numerous clubs and groups. It was during this time, that she and a group of mothers of deaf children decided to start a school in Los Angeles for young deaf children and their parents. The [[John Tracy Clinic]], named after her son, was the result.

During the first years of the John Tracy Clinic, and particularly the first few months, Louise established many of the aspects of the Clinic's philosophy. She stressed the importance of parents being involved in the education of their children at a very young age and set up a program for them. Louise firmly believed that the Clinic should offer both information and support at no charge to make them more accessible to children and families in need; as such, many of the clinic's services were free, including hearing screenings and services for families to better help care for their deaf children. The John Tracy Clinic was also the first preschool in the nation to offer free emotional support and information for families; aside from those services, it also offered families affected by deafness a sense of community.<ref name="LATimesQuote">((cite news |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Cecilia |title=Actor's Wife a Star in Aiding Deaf Children and Their Families |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-nov-14-me-then14-story.html |access-date=30 April 2021 |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=14 November 2004))</ref>

Louise's husband Spencer supported her work with the Clinic and was its sole financial support in the beginning. In April 1951, Spencer turned the world premiere of his new film, ''[[Father's Little Dividend]]'', at [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]] in Hollywood, into a building fund-raiser for the Clinic's new site. Spencer's support was always strong, and over the years he personally donated more than a half a million dollars to the Clinic. His admiration for his wife was another constant. At the dedication of the new Clinic building in 1952, he said to the visiting dignitaries, staff and press:

<blockquote>"You honor me because I am a movie actor, a star in Hollywood terms. Well, there's nothing I've ever done that can match what Louise has done for deaf children and their parents."<ref name="LATimesQuote" /></blockquote>

==Recognition==
Louise Tracy was honored with many awards during the 1950s. These included the Hearing Advancement Award from the [[Lions Club]] Hearing Foundation in 1951, the Testimonial of Merit/Woman of the Year award from the La Sertoma International organization in 1953, and the Sixth Annual Award of the [[Save the Children]] Foundation in 1955.

Louise was also lauded in academic circles. In quick succession, she was granted honorary degrees from [[Northwestern University]] in [[Evanston, Illinois]], the [[University of Southern California]] in Los Angeles, her alma mater [[Lake Erie College]], and [[MacMurray College]] in [[Jacksonville, Illinois]]. In 1966, [[Gallaudet College]], the [[liberal arts]] college for the deaf in [[Washington, DC]], honored Louise with a [[Doctor of Letters]] degree. In 1974, she was granted a [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] degree from [[Whitworth College]] in [[Spokane, Washington]]. In 1976, Louise was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from [[Ripon College (Wisconsin)|Ripon College]], Spencer's [[alma mater]], in [[Ripon, Wisconsin]].

Louise Tracy's influence in governmental circles continued in the 1960s. In 1963, Louise was appointed to the [[Neurological]] and Sensory Disease Advisory Committee of the federal [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare]] (HEW). In 1965, she became a member of the National Advisory Board of the [[National Technical Institute for the Deaf]] (NTID) in [[Henrietta, New York]]. Also in 1965, she was appointed to a four-year term as a member of the National Advisory Council on [[Rehabilitation counseling|Vocational Rehabilitation]]. In 1969, Louise became a member of the President's Task Force on the Physically Handicapped.

The John Tracy Clinic continued to expand in the 1970s. In October 1974, Louise resigned as Clinic director due to ill health. However, the honors continued to roll in for Louise, whose "mothers' group" had become the largest single service provider to parents of deaf children around the world. In 1974, she was presented with the 1974 Award of Honor [[Otolaryngology]] and in 1975  the [[Father Flanagan]] Award for Service to Youth from the [[Girls and Boys Town|Boys Town]] organization. In 1977, Louise was given the Humanitarian Award by the National Auxiliary of American Veterans [[AMVETS]].

==Death==
Louise Tracy died in Santa Monica, California, on November 13, 1983, at the age of 87.<ref name=la>((cite news |last1=Thackrey |first1=Ted Jr. |title=Widow of Actor Spencer Tracy Dies at 87 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95860703/louise-tracy/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 15, 1983 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95860703/louise-tracy/ Part II-1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95860997/louise-tracy/ Part II-4] |accessdate=February 21, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]))</ref> Her son John died on June 15, 2007.<ref name="JohnTracyDeath">((cite web |last1=Kendall |first1=Mary Claire |title=Spencer Tracy and His Son John |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryclairekendall/2012/06/25/spencer-tracy-and-his-son-john/?sh=511ffa644b45 |website=Forbes |access-date=30 April 2021))</ref>

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