Lloy Galpin
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 Lloy Galpin, from a 1912 publication. | |
| Born | Ava Lloy Galpin 1877 Michigan |
| Died | April 19, 1935 (aged 57–58) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | teacher |
| Known for | suffrage, temperance, politics, clubwork |
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Ava Lloy Galpin (1877 – April 19, 1935) was an American educator, clubwoman, suffragist, temperance activist, and politician, based in Southern California.
Ava Lloy Galpin was born in Saginaw, Michigan,[1] and raised in Los Angeles,[2] the daughter of Cromwell Galpin and Clara Wood Galpin. Her father was mayor of Eagle Rock from 1914 to 1916,[1] before it became part of Los Angeles.[3] Her mother died in 1888.[4] Her stepmother after 1890 was educator and suffragist Kate Tupper Galpin.[5][6] Lloy Galpin graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison[7] and the University of California, Berkeley.[8]
Career
Galpin taught at a school and at a teacher's college in the Philippines in 1903.[9] She taught in Los Angeles city schools from 1905, and was active for many years in the California Teachers' Association.[10][11] In 1909 she lectured on Los Angeles at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in Seattle.[12] She was the first woman president of the Los Angeles High School Teachers' Association.[2]
Galpin was president of the National College Women's Equal Suffrage League in 1909,[13] and a leader in the California Equal Suffrage Association.[14] In 1912 she toured California lecturing on "Why the Progressive Platform is a Woman's Platform", in support of the Progressive Party.[15] She ran for seats in Congress and the California state senate in 1923.[8][16] She was a California delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924.[7] She spoke in favor of Prohibition at a 1928 campaign rally in Los Angeles for presidential candidate Al Smith.[17]
Galpin was active in the California Federation of Women's Clubs, and president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.[18][19] She served on executive boards of the Women's Vocational Alliance and the Survey on Race Relations.[7]
