Susan Look Avery

SUSAN LOOK AVERY

Suffragist, author, orator and

founder of The Woman’s Club of

Louisville. Avery held an early

suffrage meeting in her parlor,

with guest lecturer Lucy Stone.

Associate of Susan B. Anthony,

Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington

and other reformers. Wife of

Benjamin F. Avery of Avery Plow

Works. Lived from 1817 to 1915.

Presented by The Woman’s Club of Louisville

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WOMAN’S CLUB OF LOUISVILLE

Established on March 1, 1890 as a

woman’s volunteer organization for

civic, cultural, and community

services. Promoted woman’s

suffrage, equal property rights,

child labor laws, KY Forestry

Commission, Juvenile Court,

literacy, and public health.

Founded Younger Woman’s Club,

No-Jury Art Show, and co-founded

the Louisville Deaf Oral School.

Dedicated September 12, 2018