Ellen Spencer Mussey

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Ellen Spencer Mussey

American lawyer, educator and reformer

Also known as: Ellen Spencer

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Née:: Ellen Spencer

Born:: May 13, 1850, Geneva, Ohio, U.S.

Died:: April 21, 1936, Washington, D.C. (aged 85)

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Ellen Spencer Mussey (born May 13, 1850, Geneva, Ohio, U.S.—died April 21, 1936, Washington, D.C.) American lawyer, educator, and reformer who, self-tutored in the law, helped establish educational opportunities for women in that field and campaigned to improve women’s legal rights. Ellen Spencer was the daughter of Platt Rogers Spencer, reformer and promoter of the widely used system of handwriting called Spencerian penmanship. At age 12 she began assisting in his penmanship school. After his death two years later she lived with various relatives and attended Rice’s Young Ladies’ Seminary in Poughkeepsie, New York; Lake Erie Seminary (now College) in ...(100 of 562 words)

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