Lucia Loomis | |
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| Born | March 29, 1887 |
| Died | February 27, 1962 (aged 74) near Cross City, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | Hardin College University of Oklahoma |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and suffragette |
| Spouse | Walter Ferguson |
Lucia Loomis (also known as Lucia Loomis Ferguson and Mrs. Walter Ferguson; March 29, 1887 – February 27, 1962) was an American suffragist and journalist from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Loomis was born in Boggy Depot, Indian Territory. She met Walter Ferguson while attending the University of Oklahoma and they married after her graduation in 1908. The couple bought the Cherokee Republican newspaper and managed the paper with her husband. After selling the paper in 1919, she wrote for Elva Shartel Ferguson's Watonga Republican and she wrote the syndicated "A Woman's Viewpoint" column to compete with Edith Cherry Johnson's column in The Daily Oklahoman. She also wrote the "lovelorn" column in the Tulsa Tribune.