Lavantia Densmore Douglass

Lavantia Densmore Douglass
Lavantia Densmore Douglass, "A woman of the century"
Born
Lavantia Densmore

(1827-03-01)March 1, 1827
Rochester, New York
DiedMay 27, 1899(1899-05-27) (aged 72)
New York, New York
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
Joshua Douglass
(m. 1853)

Lavantia Densmore Douglass (March 1, 1827 – May 27, 1899) was an American social reformer associated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Failing eye-sight caused by cataracts was only partially restored after surgery, and affected her efforts in the temperance cause.