Anna Cox Brinton | |
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Born | Anna Shipley Cox October 19, 1887 San Jose, California |
Died | October 28, 1969 Wallingford, Pennsylvania | (aged 82)
Occupation(s) | classics scholar, Quaker leader |
Known for | co-director of Pendle Hill Center for Quaker Studies |
Spouse | Howard Brinton |
Children | 4; daughters Lydia, Catharine, and Joan, and son Edward Brinton |
Anna Shipley Cox Brinton (October 19, 1887 – October 28, 1969) was an American classics scholar, college administrator, writer, and Quaker leader, active with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
She has credited with being one of those who "reinvented Quakerism" for the 20th century.