Dick Cote gave a presentation for the Rotary Club of Richmond Hill last week at the City Center in J.F. Gregory Park.
Relying on family records about his aunt, Evangeline Cote, and a book, “The Secret Life of Henry Ford,” he explained that Evangeline had a close working and personal relationship with Henry Ford when she was a young woman in her 20s and he was a mature man in his 60s.
Evangeline was ahead of her time and progressed rapidly in her career at Ford’s automobile company from clerical work to becoming a significant decision maker who wielded power. She became a licensed pilot and flouted the conventions of the day.
It is widely believed that her son, John, was the outcome of her relationship with Henry Ford.
Rotary speaker discusses Henry Ford


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