Amelie Veiller Van Norman (1844 – November 7, 1920) was a French-born American educator. She was the wife and successor of Rev. Daniel C. Van Norman in the proprietorship of the Van Norman Institute in New York City.[1] She was a leader in movements for civic reform. She was the first president of the Jeanne d'Arc Suffrage League, and the vice-president of Le Lyceum Société des Femmes de France à New York. At the Paris Exposition of 1889, she received a gold medal for her work as an educator.[2]
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