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Joy Young Rogers
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Joy Young [later Rogers] outside the White House in 1916, about to deliver a request to pass the suffrage amendment to Woodrow Wilson
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Joy Oden Young
August 14, 1891 Falls Church, Virginia, US
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| Died | December 10, 1953 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Editor, Suffragist |
| Spouse(s) | Merrill Rogers |
Joy Young Rogers (August 14, 1891 - December 10, 1953) was a suffragist. She was the assistant editor of The Suffragist.
Biography
She was born as Joy Oden Young on August 14, 1891 in Falls Church, Virginia to Ludwick Craven Young (1841-1930) and Harriet Noyes Oden (1861-1938).
On May 1, 1916, she delivered a basket of flowers to President Wilson, which also contained a request for a suffrage amendment and pro-suffrage messages from women from the western half of America.
She was arrested on July 4, 1917 with Lucy Burns and others, for protesting in front of the White House. Rodgers was on the staff of The Suffragist and was an organizer for the National Woman's Party. Her sister, Matilda Young, was also an active suffragist.
She died on December 10, 1953.
