John Sherwin Crosby
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| Born | January 13, 1842 Freedom, Maine, US |
| Died | February 24, 1914 (aged 72) New York City, US |
| Occupations | Writer, lecturer |
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| Children | 2 |
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John Sherwin Crosby (January 13, 1842 – February 24, 1914) was an American tax reformer.
He was born on 13 January 1842 in Freedom, Maine, to Sherwin Crosby and Nancy Jordan Clifford.[1][2]
Crosby was a single tax advocate, proponent of the Georgism and land value tax ideas of Henry George and Edward McGlynn, and active member of the Manhattan Single Tax Club.[3] He wrote The Orthocratic State: The Unchanging Principles of Civics and Government which was published in 1915 by Sturgis & Walton Company.
Personal life
He married Abby Josephine Gardner on June 30, 1865, and they had two children: John Sherwin Crosby and Louise Leonard Crosby. Abby died on November 24, 1881.[1]
Crosby remarried to Nellie Fassett in St. Louis on July 22, 1896.[1][2] She was the founder and president of the Women's Democratic Club of New York City. It was the first permanent national political organization exclusively established by and for women.[4]
In 1918, she was named as the representative of New York State on the Woman's Advisory Committee of the Democratic National Committee.[5]
