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Lucy Burns
seated portrait of Burns with her hand to her chest
Burns in 1913
เกิดJuly 28, 1879
Brooklyn, New York
เสียชีวิต22 ธันวาคม ค.ศ. 1966(1966-12-22) (87 ปี)
Brooklyn, New York
การศึกษาPacker Collegiate Institute
ศิษย์เก่าColumbia University
Vassar College
Yale University
Oxford University
อาชีพSuffragist, women's rights activist
มีชื่อเสียงจากCo-founding the National Woman's Party with Alice Paul

Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879 – December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate.[1] She was a passionate activist in the United States and in the United Kingdom, joined the militant suffragettes. Burns was a close friend of Alice Paul, and together they ultimately formed the National Woman's Party.[2]

Early life and education[แก้]

Burns was born in New York to an Irish Catholic family.[3] She was described by fellow National Woman's Party member Inez Haynes Irwin as "a woman of twofold ability. She speaks and writes with equal eloquence and elegance. [...] Mentally and emotionally, she is quick and warm. [...] She has intellectuality of a high order; but she overruns with a winning Irishness which supplements that intellectuality with grace and charm; a social mobility of extreme sensitiveness and swiftness."[4] She was a gifted student and first attended Packer Collegiate Institute, or what was originally known as the Brooklyn Female Academy, for second preparatory school in 1890.[5] Packer Collegiate Institute prided itself on "teaching girls to be ladies", and they emphasized religious education while advocating more liberal ideals such as educating "the mind to habits of thinking with clearness and force."[5] Burns also met one of her lifelong role models, Laura Wylie, while attending Packer Collegiate Institute. Wylie was one of the first women to go to Yale University Graduate School.[5] Burns also attended Columbia University, Vassar College, and Yale University before becoming an English teacher.[6]

Burns taught at Erasmus High School in Brooklyn for two years. While Burns enjoyed the educational field, she generally found the experience to be frustrating and wanted to continue her own studies.[7] In 1906, at age twenty-seven, she moved to Germany to resume her studies in language.[8] In Germany, Burns studied at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin from 1906 to 1909.[3] Burns later moved to the United Kingdom, where she enrolled at Oxford University to study English.[7] Burns was fortunate enough to have a very extensive educational background because her father, Edwards Burns, supported her and financed her international education.[7]


References[แก้]

  1. Bland, 1981 (p. 8)
  2. Bland, 1981 (p. 8), Lunardini, 1986 (p. 9)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lunardini, 1986 (p. 14)
  4. Irwin, 1921 (p. 16)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bland, 1981 (p. 5)
  6. Bland, 1981 (p. 6), Lunardini, 1986 (p. 14)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bland, 1981 (p. 6)
  8. Lunardini, 1986 (p. 8, 14)

Bibliography[แก้]

External links[แก้]

  • Lucy Burns Institute
  • Lucy Burns Museum
  • R. Digati (October 18, 2004). "Lucy Burns". Social reformer, Suffragette. Find a Grave. สืบค้นเมื่อ August 17, 2011.