Annie Nathan Meyer

Born: 19 February 1867, United States
Died: 23 September 1951
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Annie Florance Nathan

From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Annie Nathan Meyer, an American author and promoter of the higher education of women, born in New York City. She is a sister of Maud Nathan, and in 1887 was married to Dr. Alfred Meyer. Besides editing Women’s Work in America, and publishing several books on education and the woman question, Mrs. Meyer was instrumental in founding Barnard College, now a part of Columbia University. She became known also as an opponent of woman suffrage.

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