Fanny
Garrison Villard,
the daughter of William Lloyd Garrison
and Helen Villard, was born on 16th December, 1844. She taught the
piano until marrying Henry Villard,
the owner of the The Nation. Her
son, Oswald Garrison Villard, was born
in 1872.
Villard an active supporter of women's rights,
joined the American Woman Suffrage Association
in 1906. She was also, like her son, Oswald
Garrison Villard, a founder member of the National
Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP).
A committed pacifist, Villard with
Lillian Wald, led a parade of 1200 women
down Fifth Avenue in New York on 29th August, 1914 to protest against
the First World War. Villard was also a member
of the Woman's Peace Party (WPP) and after
the war helped establish the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Fanny Garrison Villard died
on 5th July, 1928.
Fanny with her father,
William
Lloyd Garrison
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