Avery, Susan Howes Look (1817-1915)

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Charles F. Huhlein to Susan Look Avery, December 28, 1909

Address of Miss Jane Addams at the Funeral of Mary Jane Hawes Wilmarth, August 30, 1919

Address on Anna Howard Shaw, November 13, 1919

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Margaret Young

Please reach out to the Woman's Club of Louisville if you want more information. She was our founder and we have been doing research on her.

She and her eldest daughter Lydia Avery Coonly Ward were good friends of Jane Addams, and Susan hosteed her on her visits to her homes in Louisville (she spoke here several times) and in Wyoming, NY.

Cathy Moran Hajo

Thanks so much-- I have contacted the Woman's Club to see if we can collaborate.

Birth Date

1817-10-27

Death Date

1915-02-01

Birthplace

Conway, Massachusetts

Biographical Text

Susan Look Avery was a member of the Chicago Woman's Club and a suffrage activist. Avery was the mother of Mrs. Coonley-Wald, another prominent member of the Woman's Club. After her children had grown up, Avery became a suffragist and founded a suffrage club in Wyoming, New York; she later founded the Louisville Woman's Club. Avery also wrote articles and lectured on topics such as finance, capital punishment, and sociology.

Avery married Benjamin Avery, an abolitionist who invented the Avery plows. They had six children together. Avery died in 1915.

Occupation

Woman suffrage activist

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People

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Public domain

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“Avery, Susan Howes Look (1817-1915),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed January 18, 2021, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3850.