# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esther-gordy-edwards
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:48:13.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esther-gordy-edwards"
name: "Esther Gordy Edwards"
slug: "esther-gordy-edwards"
description: "Esther Gordy Edwards was a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s. Edwards created the Motown Museum, Hitsville U.S.A., by preserving the label's Detroit studio. She also served as president of the Motown Museum and has been called the \"Mother of Motown\". Edwards was posthumously inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2022."
tagline: "American business woman"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Esther_Gordy_Edwards.jpeg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1920-04-25"
deathDate: "2011-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.430924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "إستر غوردي إدواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Gordy_Edwards"
    title: "Esther Gordy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5401185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations