Vernon, Mabel (1883-1975)

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National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

National Woman's Party

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

Lucy Biddle Lewis to Jane Addams, May 7, 1922

Anne Henrietta Martin to Jane Addams, May 29, 1922

Jane Addams to Mabel Vernon, April 13, 1932

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Birth Date

1883

Death Date

1975

Birthplace

Wilmington, DE

Biographical Text

Mabel Jordan was a suffragist and peace activist associated with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was a Swarthmore graduate and taught languages at Radnor High School in Wayne, PA. Vernon left the NAWSA in 1913, joining Alice Paul and the more radical suffragists and became well known for heckling President Wilson and participating in large demonstrations. Vernon was one of seven women who served time in jail rather than pay fines for picketing the White House. After suffrage was won, Vernon worked with the National Women's Party on the Equal Rights Amendment.

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Edited By

McNellis, Katherine

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Rightsholder being researched

Gender

Female

First appears

1918

Bibliography and Links

Finding aid, Mabel Verson Papers, Syracuse University.

Mabel Vernon, feminist, dies, Wilmington Morning News, September 3, 1975, p. 43.

Citation

“Vernon, Mabel (1883-1975),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed August 2, 2025, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/17399.