Louise McCarren Herring (20 September 1909 - 2 November 1987), an Ohio native, is recognized as one of the pioneer leaders of the non-profit cooperative credit union movement in the United States. Herring is universally regarded in the United States credit union movement as being the “Mother of Credit Unions” for her work with the movement since its earliest days. Louise McCarren Herring died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1987.