Lucy Switzer

Lucy Switzer
"A Woman of the Century"
BornLucy Ann Robbins
March 28, 1844
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
DiedMay 24, 1922 (aged 78)
Spokane, Washington
Occupationactivist; writer
Subjecttemperance
Spouse
  • Frederick Messer
    (m. 1864; died 1880)
  • W. D. Switzer
    (m. 1881)

Lucy Switzer (née, Robbins; after first marriage, Messer; after second marriage, Switzer; March 28, 1844 - May 24, 1922) was an American temperance and suffrage activist. She wrote many articles for Pacific Christian Advocate and the Christian Herald, and was a columnist in Cheney, Spokane County, Washington.[1] She established the women's suffrage movement in eastern Washington Territory.[2]

  1. ^ Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Citizens in All Walks of Life ... (Public domain ed.). American Publishers' Association. 1914. p. 906. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mamanakis, Joan; Southwest Spokane County Historical Society (24 August 2015). Cheney. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-5297-8. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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