Liliane Stevens Howard papers

Liliane Howard was born on November 8, 1872 in Waterloo, New York. She graduated from DePauw in 1894 with a Ph.B. and received an M.A. from DePauw in 1895. She then moved with her family back to New York where she taught in the public schools for a few years. After moving to Philadelphia to accept a job with a printing company, she became involved in the woman's suffrage movement and continued her involvement throughout the rest of her life. As a member of the Philadelphia County Woman's Suffrage Society and The New Century Guild, she helped lobby for the Woman's Suffrage Amendment that was ratified in 1920. She was on the Grand Jury of Pennsylvania and was the first woman to hold a position in the office of Recorder of Deeds. She served in the office of the Philadelphia Registration Commission and for twenty years was vice chairman of the Republican Woman's Executive Campaign Committee of the 45th ward in Philadelphia. Liliane Howard died in Philadelphia on May 19, 1967.