Lloyd, Lola Maverick (1875-1944)

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Peace Expedition Committee of Administration

Anna Sofia Kleman, et. al. to Jane Addams, December 29, 1915

Lola Maverick Lloyd to Jane Addams, March 6, 1916

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Birth Date

1875-11-24

Death Date

1944-07-25

Birthplace

Castroville, TX

Biographical Text

Lola Maverick Lloyd was a graduate from, as well as a mathematics teacher, at Smith College. She and her husband used their wealth and influence to support progressive causes. She helped establish the Woman's Peace Party and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in 1915. Lloyd co-founded the Campaign for World Government in 1937 with Rosika Schwimmer and organized Henry Ford's Peace Ship, a failed effort to force a peace conference to end World War I. She was a member of the "Committee of Seven" overseeing the resulting Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation. Lloyd was also a member of the National Woman's Party, the Socialist Party of Illinois, and the Women's Committee for the Recognition of Soviet Russia in 1920. In 1926, she moved to Geneva, Switzerland to work more closely with the WILPF. In 1939. Lloyd later moved back to the United States due to poor health,

Lloyd married William Bross Lloyd in 1902. In 1916, Lloyd and her husband divorced, and because of their wealth and prominence, the divorce was very public. Lloyd died from pancreatic cancer in 1944.

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Peace activist

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Woman suffrage activist

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Picture: Lola Maverick Lloyd, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, issued March 31, 1915

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“Lloyd, Lola Maverick (1875-1944),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 15, 2019, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/454.

Lloyd, Lola Maverick (1875-1944)

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Peace Expedition Committee of Administration

Jane Addams and Edward F. Dunne to Samuel M. Jones, October 8, 1903

Richard T. Ely to Jane Addams, January 6, 1904

Mabel L. Hyers to Jane Addams, September 13, 1915

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, January 10, 1916

Rosika Schwimmer to George Washington Kirchwey, January 26, 1916

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, March 12, 1916

Jane Addams to Harriet Park Thomas, March 20, 1916

Harriet Park Thomas to Jane Addams, March 25, 1916.

Harriet Park Thomas to Jane Addams, June 29, 1916

Delegation List to Meet President Wilson, August 29, 1916

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Rebecca Shelley, December 4, 1916

Anna Sofia Kleman, et. al. to Jane Addams, December 29, 1915

Lola Maverick Lloyd to Jane Addams, March 6, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, March 6, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, March 20, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, April 11, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, April 27, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, May 5, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, May 26, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, May 31, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, June 6, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, June 12, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, June 19, 1916

Jane Addams to Lola Maverick Lloyd, August 1, 1916

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