Mrs. Edward Costigan

Edward Prentiss Costigan was a militant champion of labor, the under-privileged and oppressed. His entire adult life was one of service to his fellow man in an unending battle for social and industrial justice and for official consideration of human needs. Costigan was in the forefront of progressive movements in the United States for nearly three decades. From his first active support of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson until he worked for the programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Costigan was a leader among the liberals.

Born to George Purcell and Emilie (Sigur) Costigan in King William County, Virginia, on July 1, 1874, he moved with his family to Colorado at the age of three. The family eventually settled in Denver where he attended the public schools and graduated from East Denver High School in 1892.

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