Lelia P. Roby | |
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| Born | Lelia P. Foster December 25, 1848 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | September 18, 1910 South Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | "Miles Standish" |
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| Known for | founder, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. |
| Notable work | Heart Beats of the Republic |
Lelia P. Roby (née, Foster; pen name, Miles Standish; December 25, 1848 – September 18, 1910) was an American philanthropist of the long nineteenth century. She was the founder of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Thoroughly educated, she was a connoisseur in architecture and art, a linguist, and a well-read lawyer. She did a good deal of literary work under the pen-name "Miles Standish".[1]
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "ROBY, Mrs. Lelia P.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 617.
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