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Jean Margaret Gordon

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Died
  
February 24, 1931

Nationality
  
American


Occupation
  
Social worker

Name
  
Jean Gordon

Jean Margaret Gordon

Born
  
1865
New Orleans, Louisiana

Known for
  
President of the Louisiana Woman Suffrage Association (1913-1920) First factory inspector of New Orleans

Jean Margaret Gordon (1865 – February 24, 1931) was an American suffragist, social worker, civic leader, and reformer. She served as president of the Louisiana Woman Suffrage Association (1913–20). She was New Orleans's first factory inspector. She also served as president of the board and supervisor of the Alexander Milne Home for Girls. After assisting in the establishment of the School of Applied Sociology, she was its lecturer and field supervisor. Born in New Orleans, she was a daughter of George Hume Gordon, schoolmaster, and Margaret (Galiece) Gordon. There were two sisters, Kate and Fanny, as well as two brothers, George H. and William Andrew Gordon.

Selected works

  • Child Labor On the Stage (1911)
  • References

    Jean Margaret Gordon Wikipedia