Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-
Variant namesFormer president, League of Women Voters; interviewee married John Glessner Lee.
From the description of Reminiscences of Percy Maxim Lee : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734471
Lee was president of the National League of Women Voters and appointed chairman of the Consumers' Advisory Council by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
From the description of Papers, 1900-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006973
Percy Maxim Lee, political and civic volunteer, was born on July 6, l906, in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Josephine (Hamilton), a suffragist, and Hiram Percy Maxim, an inventor and early automobile designer. In l926 she married John Glessner Lee, a Connecticut industrialist, choosing to marry and raise a family rather than go to college.
PML was president of the League of Women Voters of Farmington, Connecticut, 1938-1942, of the LWV of Connecticut, l942-1949, and of the LWV of the United States for four terms, 1950-1958. She was trustee of the LWV Education Fund, president of the League's Overseas Education Fund, l959-1963, and president of the OEF's Leadership Institute. She served on the Ford Foundation and chaired the Capital Region Planning Agency in Hartford. She was appointed to the Consumer Advisory Council by President Kennedy in l962, and served as its chairman, l963-1967. She also served on the board of Connecticut College for Women and as national consultant for Radcliffe's Women's Archives, (later the Schlesinger Library), 1957-1960. PML received honorary degrees from Cedar Crest College and Rutgers University (l956), from Hillyer College (l957), and from Drexel Institute, Philadelphia.
From the guide to the Papers, 1942-1971, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)
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| referencedIn | Papers of Clara Mortensen Beyer | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-. The reminiscences of Percy M. Lee. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Powell, Rose Arnold, 1876-1961. Papers, 1922-1961 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Edna Lamprey Stantial, 1836-1985 (inclusive), 1900-1955 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-. Reminiscences of Percy Maxim Lee : oral history, 1973. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Beyer, Clara M. (Clara Mortenson). Additional papers, 1959-1979 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Harrison, Florence Louise, 1883-1973. Papers, 1895-1973 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Harrison, Florence Louise, 1883-1973. Papers, 1895-1973 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979. Papers, 1918-1977 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Alderman, Bessie Green Hearn, 1881-1959,. Autograph collection [manuscript], 1743-1903. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Pendery, Joyce S., 1930-. Political women in Connecticut interview transcripts, 1980-1981 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | University of Connecticut, Center for Oral History Interviews Collection, undated, 1967-2008. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| creatorOf | Papers, 1942-1971 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1947-1974 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1918-1977 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-. Papers, 1900-1970 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Koshland, Lucile Heming. Papers, 1947-1974 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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Birth 1906
