Younger, Maud, 1870-1936

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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.
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referencedIn Papers of Eleanor Flexner, 1895?-1995 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Inez Haynes Gillmore, 1872-1945 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1872-1945 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Mabel Vernon papers, 1914-1920 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Anne Henrietta Martin papers, 1892-1951. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Martin, Anne, 1875-1951. Portraits of women suffragists from the Anne Henrietta Martin papers [graphic]. Bancroft Library
creatorOf Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929. Frances Nacke Noel/Job Harriman papers, 1889-1986 (bulk 1940-1980). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Papers of Jane Norman Smith, 1913-1953 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of of Alma Lutz,1921-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Reyher, Rebecca Hourwich, 1897-1987. Papers, 1877-1988 (bulk: 1915-1970) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Mabel Vernon papers, 1914-1920. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Papers of Doris Stevens, 1884-1983 (inclusive), 1920-1960 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Jane Norman Smith, 1913-1953 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Collection, 1921-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Alice Paul, 1785-1985 (inclusive), 1805-1985 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1785, 1805-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith ALICE PAUL, 1885-1977 person
associatedWith ALMA LUTZ person
memberOf Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (U.S.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Doris Stevens person
associatedWith Flexner, Eleanor, 1908-1995. person
associatedWith Gillmore, Inez Haynes, 1873-1970. person
associatedWith Inez Haynes Gillmore, 1873-1970 person
associatedWith Jane Norman Smith (Mrs. Clarence M.), 1874-1953 person
associatedWith Lutz, Alma. person
associatedWith Martin, Anne, 1875-1951. person
associatedWith Milholland, Inez person
associatedWith Paul, Alice, 1885-1977. person
associatedWith Rebecca Hourwich Reyher person
founderOf San Francisco Wage Earners' Suffrage League corporateBody
associatedWith Smith, Jane Norman, 1874-1953. person
correspondedWith Vernon, Mabel person
associatedWith Vernon, Mabel. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Los Gatos CA US
San Francisco CA US
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Labor Activist
Suffragists
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Birth 1870-01-10

Death 1936-06-25

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