Lucretia Longshore Blankenburg | |
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| Born | Lucretia Longshore May 8, 1845 near New Lisbon, Ohio |
| Died | March 28, 1937 (aged 91) |
| Other names | Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg |
| Occupation(s) | Suffragist, social activist, civic reformer, and writer |
| Spouse | Rudolph Blankenburg |
| Relatives | Anna M. Longshore Potts (aunt) |
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Lucretia Blankenburg (née Longshore; May 8, 1845 – March 28, 1937) was an American second-generation suffragist, social activist, civic reformer, and writer.[1][2][3][4] During the period of 1892 until 1908, she served as president of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association.[5]
Her husband, Rudolph Blankenburg, served as mayor of Philadelphia. Together, the Blankenburgs worked for the things that uplifted humanity, that made for cleaner politics, and for better citizenship.[6] During his term, she aided the city in scores of ways, doing some of the routine speech-making for him. She took almost full charge handling his correspondence.[7]
Blankenburg was one of the leading club women of the city. She served as vice-president of the National Education Association; president of the Pennsylvania State Suffrage Association, 1892; and first vice-president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1912–1914.[7] She was a member of the New Century Club, the Working Women's Guild, and the Civic Club.[8] Blankenburg addressed the Pennsylvania General Assembly numerous times. She held four different meetings in the hall of the House of Representatives in behalf of laws for women, and spoke often in both House and Senate. She also spoke at Congress when her organizations had hearings on bills.[9]
- ^ Gordon 2013, p. 232.
- ^ Library of Congress 1929, p. 1978.
- ^ Roydhouse 2007, p. 47.
- ^ Samuels, Beard & Libby 1994, p. 21.
- ^ Williams, Mariam (June 2, 2017). "Lucretia Longshore Blankenburg". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs 1908, p. 49.
- ^ a b Bellman Company 1912, p. 752.
- ^ Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1915, p. 1501.
- ^ Bennett 1915, pp. 207–227.