Nell Mercer facts for kids
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Nell Fidelia Mercer
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Mercer circa 1910-1920
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Nell Fidelia Mercer
August 13, 1893 North Landing, Virginia
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| Died | September 30, 1979 (aged 86) Andover, Massachusetts
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| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Nell K. Mercier |
| Occupation | Business owner, Suffragist |
Nell Mercer (1893–1979) was a member of the Silent Sentinels picketing Woodrow Wilson's White House for women's suffrage.
Life
Nell was born in North Landing, Virginia on August 13, 1893. She grew up in Norfolk, Virginia where she became a member of the Norfolk branch of the National Women's Party.
As a member of the Silent Sentinels picketing Woodrow Wilson's White House for women's suffrage, she was arrested in February 1919 for her participation in a watchfire demonstration and sentenced to five days in jail. Mercer was honored for her sacrifices and in 1926 became a delegate to the Tenth Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Paris, France.
In addition to her activism, Nell toured Europe for two years and, upon returning to the United States, stayed at the famous Brunswick Hotel in Boston's Copley Square. She would later purchase the landmark hotel and remarkably became its final owner and operator until the property was sold to IBM for their corporate headquarters many years later. Nell died in Andover, Massachusetts on September 30, 1979.
In 2021 it was announced that Nell was to be the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Tara Price.
