Joy Young Rogers
American suffragist (1891–1953)
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Joy Young Rogers (August 14, 1891 – December 10, 1953) was an American suffragist. She served as an assistant editor of The Suffragist.
August 14, 1891
Joy Young Rogers | |
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Joy Young [later Rogers] outside the White House in 1916, about to deliver a request to pass the suffrage amendment to Woodrow Wilson | |
| Born | Joy Oden Young August 14, 1891 Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1953 (aged 62) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupations | Editor, suffragist |
| Spouse | Merrill Rogers[1] |
Biography
Joy Oden Young was born on August 14, 1891, in Falls Church, Virginia, to Ludwick Craven Young (1841–1930) and Harriet Noyes Oden (1861–1938).[2]
On May 1, 1916, she delivered a basket of flowers to President Woodrow Wilson, which also contained a request for a suffrage amendment and pro-suffrage messages from women from the western half of America.[3][4]
She was arrested on July 4, 1917, with Lucy Burns and others, for protesting in front of the White House.[5][6] Rodgers was on the staff of The Suffragist and was an organizer for the National Woman's Party.[1] Her sister, Matilda Young, was also an active suffragist.[7]
She died of a heart attack on December 10, 1953.
