Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936

Pacifist and suffragist, Mead devoted much of her life to social reform. She served as president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association (1903-1909) and supported many other organizations, including the Women's Municipal League, the Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston), the Consumers' League, the NAACP, and the American Civil Liberties Union. She was also vice president of the National Council for the Prevention of War, a director of the American Peace Society, and secretary of the American committee of the League for Permanent Peace. For additional biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971).

From the description of Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1921 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008710