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National Council of Women of the United States
The National Council of Women of the United States was organized in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1888.
AVERY, Mrs. Rosa Miller
Rosa Miller Avery was born in Madison, Ohio, on May 21, 1830. She married Cyrus Avery in 1853 and became the mother of Cyrus Miller Avery. Her family lived in Ashtabula, Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania, and then Chicago, Illinois.A passionate reformer, Rosa…
MOTT, Mrs. Lucretia
Reformer Lucretia Coffin Mott was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on January 3, 1793. She was related to Nantucket natives Anna Gardnerm Rev. Phebe Anne Hanaford, and Juliet H. Severance, as well as to Benjamin Franklin.Lucretia's Quaker family…
LEONARD, Mrs. Anna Byford
Anna Byford Leonard, a sanitary reformer, ceramic artist, art teacher, author, and missionary leader was born in Mount Vernon, Indiana on July 31, 1843. The daughter of William Heath Byford, a physician and surgeon who was the founder of Woman's…