Murray, Elizabeth Linn Allen (1908-1997)

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Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, December 19, 1908

Jane Addams to Mary Howland Linn, April 11, 1909

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, December 13, 1910

Jane Addams to Stanley Ross Linn, February 13, 1920

Jane Addams to Myra Harriet Reynolds Linn, March 16, 1920

Jane Addams to Stanley Ross Linn, August 2, 1920

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Birth Date

1908-10-20

Death Date

1997-06-14

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

Biographical Text

Elizabeth Linn Murray was Jane Addams' grandniece and the daughter of James Weber Linn and Ethel Linn. Murray attended Bryn Mawr College and then worked for the Julius Rosenwald Fund. She was an officer of the Chicago League of Women Voters, president of the Citizens Schools Committee, and a member of the Chicago Board of Education in the 1950s. In the 1980s, she moved to Washington, D.C. and became a member of the Women's Democratic Club, the League of Women Voters, and the Bryn Mawr College Alumni Association.

Murray was married to John B. Allen. After his death in 1962, she remarried to Robert Murray. She had three children. Murray died in 1997.

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Board member

Educator

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People

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Rights

Rightsholder being researched

Contributor

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Gender

Female

First appears

1908

Bibliography and Links

"Elizabeth Linn Murray, '50s School Board Member," Chicago Tribune, June 16, 1997.

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“Murray, Elizabeth Linn Allen (1908-1997),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed May 30, 2023, http://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/5722.