Deborah Knox Livingston

Deborah Knox Livingston
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Born
Deborah King Knox

1874/76
Glasgow, Scotland
DiedAugust 5, 1923
Occupations
  • Lecturer
  • temperance activist
  • suffragist
OrganizationWoman's Christian Temperance Union
Notable workStudies in Government
Spouse
Benjamin Thomson Livingston
(m. 1897)

Deborah Knox Livingston (née, Knox; 1876–1923) was a Scottish-born American lecturer associated with temperance and suffrage movements. She spent much of her life in service to the National and World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), as well as the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Federation of Women's Clubs, League of Women Voters, and World League Against Alcoholism (WLAA). In Maine, she served as the chair of the state's Suffrage Campaign Committee, while in Rhode Island, she was President of the state's WCTU. In addition to the textbook, Studies in Government (1921), Livingston was the author of several treatises and articles.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1928). "LIVINGSTON, DEBORAH KNOX.". Standard encyclopedia of the alcohol problem. Vol IV. Kansas-Newton. Westerville, Ohio: American Issue Publishing Co. pp. 1580–81. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston". Pamphlets on the Liquor Problem. The Scientified Temperance Federation, Boston, Mass. and The American Issue Publishing Company, Esterville, Ohio. 1928. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 21 January 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Who's who in New England. A.N. Marquis. 1915. p. 678. Retrieved 21 January 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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