Younger, Maud, 1870-1936

Maud Younger was born Jan. 10, 1870 to a wealthy family in San Francisco, CA. She began her activism work after visiting New York College Settlement House. While in New York City, she joined the New York Waitresses' Union. Younger later worked as a waitress in San Francisco and organized the city's first Waitresses' Union, serving as first president. In 1908 she helped found the San Francisco Wage Earners' Suffrage League. She is well known for giving the memorial keynote at the funeral of Inez Milholland Boissevain in 1916. Younger was also a member of the Congressional Union. Younger passed away on June 25, 1936 in Los Gatos, CA.