Helen Frances Villard

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Helen Frances Villard (Garrison)

Also Known As: "Fanny"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: July 05, 1928 (83)
Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, NY, United States
Place of Burial: Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Lloyd Garrison and Helen Eliza Garrison
Wife of Henry Villard
Mother of Helen Elise Bell; Harold Garrison Villard and Oswald Garrison Villard, Sr.
Sister of George Thompson Garrison; William Lloyd Garrison, Jr.; Wendell Phillips Garrison; Francis Jackson Garrison and Private

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About Helen Frances Villard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Garrison_Villard

Helen Frances “Fanny” Garrison Villard (December 16, 1844 – July 5, 1928) was a women's suffrage campaigner and a co-founder of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was the daughter of prominent publisher and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.

Early years

Helen Frances Garrison, known to family and friends as "Fanny," was born December 16, 1844, the only daughter of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.

Garrison married publisher and railroad tycoon Henry Villard. While raising her children, she led a life fairly typical life of a woman in a traditional upper-class marriage.

Activism

After her children were grown and her husband died in 1900, Fanny Garrison Villard became more active in peace groups and women's rights. She joined the American Woman Suffrage Association, and marched against the First World War in New York in 1914.

Death and legacy

Fanny Garrison Villard died on July 5, 1928.

Her son, Oswald Villard, was a prominent pacifist and civil rights activist and longtime editor of The Nation magazine.

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Helen Frances Villard's Timeline

1844
December 16, 1844
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1868
June 28, 1868
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1869
December 3, 1869
Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1872
March 13, 1872
Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
1928
July 5, 1928
Age 83
Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, NY, United States
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Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, NY, United States