Lucy Biddle Lewis | |
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Born | September 26, 1861 Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania |
Died | January 14, 1941 (aged 79) Lansdowne, Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Pacifist leader |
Known for | Chair of the American branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom |
Lucy Biddle Lewis (September 26, 1861 – January 14, 1941) was an American Quaker suffragist and peace activist, one of the American delegates to the International Congress of Women meeting at The Hague in 1915, and in Zürich in 1919. She was American national chair of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She helped to create the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, which includes the papers of many notable pacificists, including those of Jane Addams.