Joy Young Rogers

Joy Young Rogers (August 14, 1891 - December 10, 1953) was a suffragist. She was the assistant editor of The Suffragist.

Joy Young Rogers
Joy Young [later Rogers] outside the White House in 1916, about to deliver a request to pass the suffrage amendment to Woodrow Wilson
Born
Joy Oden Young

(1891-08-14)August 14, 1891
Falls Church, Virginia
DiedDecember 10, 1953(1953-12-10) (aged 62)
OccupationEditor, Suffragist
Spouse(s)Merrill Rogers[1]

Biography

She was born as Joy Oden Young on August 14, 1891 in Falls Church, Virginia to Ludwick Craven Young (1841-1930) and Harriet Noyes Oden (1861-1938).[2]

On May 1, 1916, she delivered a basket of flowers to President Wilson, which also contained a request for a suffrage amendment and pro-suffrage messages from women from the western half of America.[3][4]

She was arrested on July 4, 1917 with Lucy Burns and others, for protesting in front of the White House.[5][6] Rodgers was on the staff of The Suffragist and was an organizer for the National Woman's Party.[1] Her sister, Matilda Young, was also an active suffragist.[7]

She died on December 10, 1953.

Without Extinction is Liberty, Without Retrograde is Equality

References
  1. "Miss Joy Young, of Washington, D.C. Assistant Editor of "The Suffragist," weekly organ of the Woman's Party and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. "Mrs. Rogers, Active in Fight For Suffrage". Washington Post. December 16, 1953. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. "Biographical Sketch of Joy Oden Young | Alexander Street Documents". documents.alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved Oct 17, 2019.
  4. "Joy Young | Turning Point Suffragist Memorial". Retrieved Oct 17, 2019.
  5. "Suffragists Go To Jail. Had Alternative of Paying Fine, but Chose to Serve Them" (PDF). New York Times. July 7, 1917. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  6. Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2015). Civil Disobedience: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States. Routledge. ISBN 9781317474401.
  7. "Miss Matilda Young". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved Oct 17, 2019.
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