Lillie Devereux Blake

Lillie Devereux Blake, pen name, Tiger Lily; was an American woman suffragist, reformer, and writer, born in Raleigh, North Carolina and educated in New Haven, Connecticut. In her early years, Blake wrote several novels and for the press. In 1869, she became actively interested in the woman suffrage movement and devoted herself to pushing the reform, arranging conventions, getting up public meetings, writing articles, and occasionally making lecture tours. A woman of strong affections and marked domestic tastes, she did not allow her public work to interfere with her home duties, and her speaking outside of New York City was almost wholly done in the summer, when her family was naturally scattered. In 1873, she made an application for the opening of Columbia College to young women as well as young men, presenting a class of young women students qualified to enter the university. This work eventually led to the establishment of Barnard College. In 1874, she published a reform novel entitled Fettered for Life; or, Lord and Master that dramatized the struggles of women from various social classes.

Country

United States

Category

Writers

Type

Writer / Author

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1833 to 1913 · aged 80

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