Lucy Somerville Howorth

Overview

Lucy Somerville Howorth born Greenville, MS July 1, 1895 (d. 1997 age 102). "Judge Lucy", lawyer, politician, feminist; keynote speaker at White House conference on women in postwar peace 1944.

Quotations

"World conditions demand even more of women today. . . Women are the natural preservers of the human race." (June 1944, in Dorothy Shawhan & Martha Swain, Lucy Howorth, p. 99, 2006; photo 1924 Miss. History Now)