Anthony, Lucy Elmina, 1861-1944
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Home where Lucy Anthony lived with her companion, Anna Howard Shaw. Lucy Elmina Anthony was born on October 24, 1859, the oldest child of Jacob Merritt Anthony (1834–1900), of Fort Scott, Kansas, and Mary Almina Luther (1839–1915).
After graduation from the Rochester Free Academy in 1883, she worked for the suffrage movement, acting also as assistant to the committee organizing international meetings. For many years she served as secretary for her aunt, Susan B. Anthony. In the 1890s Lucy Anthony met Anna Howard Shaw, to become her longtime companion. Lucy Anthony served as manager for Susan B. Anthony and Shaw in their world tours.
In 1891 Anthony, together with Shaw and Alice Stone Blackwell compiled The Yellow Ribbon Speaker, a collection of writings on women's suffrage.
In 1903 Anna Howard Shaw built a home at 240 Ridley Creek Rd., Media, during her tenure as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and lived there with her companion, Lucy Anthony, until her death. Anthony and Shaw were together for thirty years, and Anthony was by Shaw's bedside when she died. Lucy Anthony was the executrix of both her aunt and Shaw's estates.
Anthony died on July 4, 1944, at the home of a friend, Julia C. Kent, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and in her will, she left the bulk of her estate to the National League of Women Voters and Philadelphia League of Voters.
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| referencedIn | Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1908-1943 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Papers of Anna Howard Shaw in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1863-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Dillon, Mary Earhart,. Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1863-1955 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1815-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1910-1959, 1921-1925 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1890 (1969-1973) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers, 1847-1968 (bulk: 1909-1929) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Stewart, Ella Jane Seass, 1871-. Series XII of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1895-1939 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1918-1960 (inclusive) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1908-1943 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. Anthony family collection, 1844-1945. | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| referencedIn | Gellhorn, Edna Fischel, 1878-1970. Papers, 1919-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. ALS, 1890 February 7 : Washington, D.C., to Mrs. M.T. Henderson, Jameston, N.Y. | Copley Press, J S Copley Library | |
| referencedIn | Laidlaw, Harriet Burton, 1873-1949. Papers, 1851-1958 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1869-1945 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers, 1847-1968 (inclusive), 1909-1929 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992. Papers, 1940-1950 | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers, 1877-1983 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Stewart, Ella Jane Seass, 1871-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1895-1939 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Hartshorne, Clementina Rhodes, 1871-1970. Papers, 1910-1959 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Mary Ware Dennett | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992. Papers, 1940-1950 | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Gellhorn, Edna Fischel, 1878-1970. Papers, 1919-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), b. 1874. Papers: Series V-VII, 1906-1947 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers, 1877-1983 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947. Papers: Series II, 1894-1948 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Anna Howard Shaw in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1863-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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Birth 1859-10-24
Death 1944-07-04
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