Maud
Park was
born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 25th
January, 1871. She was a schoolteacher in New York for eight years
before attending Radcliffe College, Cambridge (1895-98).
At college Park became a strong supporter of women's
suffrage and joined the American Woman
Suffrage Association (AWSA). Park also established the College
Equal Suffrage League and after a tour of universities across the
country she help form chapters in thirty different states. This organisation
eventually became the National College Equal Suffrage Association.
After the passing of the 19th Amendment Park
became president of the League of Women's
Voters. In 1924 Park organized the Women's Joint Congressional
Committee that helped lobby for an end to child
labour and the promotion of maternity, health and welfare programs.
Maud Park died in Melrose, Massachusetts, on 8th May, 1955.
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