Joy Young Rogers (August 14, 1891 – December 10, 1953) was an American suffragette. She served as an assistant editor of The Suffragist.
Joy Young Rogers | |
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 Joy Young [later Rogers] outside the White House in 1916, about to deliver a request to pass the suffrage amendment to Woodrow Wilson | |
| Born | Joy Oden Young August 14, 1891 Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1953 (aged 62) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, suffragist |
| Spouse | Merrill Rogers[1] |
Biography
editJoy Oden Young was born on August 14, 1891, in Falls Church, Virginia, to Ludwick Craven Young (1841–1930) and Harriet Noyes Oden (1861–1938).[2]
On May 1, 1916, she delivered a basket of flowers to President Woodrow Wilson, which also contained a request for a suffrage amendment and pro-suffrage messages from women from the western half of America.[3][4]
She was arrested on July 4, 1917, with Lucy Burns and others, for protesting in front of the White House.[5][6] Rodgers was on the staff of The Suffragist and was an organizer for the National Woman's Party.[1] Her sister, Matilda Young, was also an active suffragist.[7]
She died of a heart attack on December 10, 1953.
References
edit- ^ a b "Miss Joy Young, of Washington, D.C. Assistant Editor of "The Suffragist," weekly organ of the Woman's Party and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ^ "Mrs. Rogers, Active in Fight For Suffrage". Washington Post. December 16, 1953.
- ^ Wilson, Linda D. "Biographical Sketch of Joy Oden Young". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ "Joy Young | Turning Point Suffragist Memorial". Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ "Suffragists Go To Jail. Had Alternative of Paying Fine, but Chose to Serve Them" (PDF). New York Times. July 7, 1917. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2015). Civil Disobedience: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States. Routledge. ISBN 9781317474401.
- ^ "Miss Matilda Young". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 17, 2019.