Fanny Garrison Villard with William Lloyd Garrison
- Fanny Garrison Villard
- December 16, 1844 - July 5, 1928
- born Boston, Massachusetts
Only daughter of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
and Helen Villard, taught piano, married owner of The
Nation and New York Evening Post, 4 children, NYC
philanthropist, adviser and fundraiser for interracial
and humanitarian causes, joined suffrage movement 1906,
chaired NY legislative committees, spoke on street
corners at 66, felt fundamental changes needed and that
women could redeem politics, uncompromising pacifist, led
1914 Peace Parade down 5th Ave. and helped organize the
Woman's Peace Party.
Biographical information excerpted from Women Win the Vote
distributed by The National Women's History Project, 7738 Bell Road,
Windsor, California, 95492-8518. Graphic and text posted by permission NWHP, 1994.
(Note: The NWHP has moved and this address is no longer correct)
Fanny Garrison Villard