Maritcha Remond Lyons | |
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 Maritcha Remond Lyons, around 12 years old | |
| Born | June 23, 1848 |
| Died | January 28, 1929 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | American educator Civic leader Writer |
| Years active | 1892–1929 |
Maritcha Remond Lyons (May 23, 1848 – January 28, 1929) was an American educator, civic leader, suffragist, and public speaker in New York City and Brooklyn, New York. She taught in public schools in Brooklyn for 48 years, and was the second black woman to serve in their system as an assistant principal.[1][2] In 1892, Lyons cofounded the Women's Loyal Union of New York and Brooklyn, one of the first women's rights and racial justice organizations in the United States.[3] One of the accomplishments of the Women's Loyal Union was to help to fund the printing of an important antilynching pamphlet, Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells.[4]
- ^ Harry Albro, Williamson (1970). Henry Albro Williamson Collection (PDF finding aid). New York: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: New York Public Library. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "A Retired School Teacher" (Periodical). New Crisis: 123. January 1919. hdl:2027/hvd.32044010524403. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Val Marie (2018). "'The Half Has Never Been Told': Maritcha Lyons' Community, Black Women Educators, the Woman's Loyal Union, and 'the Color Line' in Progressive Era Brooklyn and New York". Journal of Urban History. 44 (5): 835. doi:10.1177/0096144217692931. S2CID 151779467.
- ^ Johnson, J. "Philanthropy". Black Women in America. Oxford University Press. Retrieved August 5, 2019.