Alice Moore Hubbard

Alice Moore Hubbard (June 7, 1861 – May 7, 1915) was a noted American feminist, writer, and, with her husband, Elbert Hubbard was a leading figure in the Roycroft movement – a branch of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England with which it was contemporary. Moore Hubbard served as the general manager for the collective, along with managing the Roycraft Inn.[1] She was also the principal of Roycroft School for Boys.[2]

Alice Moore Hubbard
Born
Alice Luann Moore

(1861-06-07)June 7, 1861
Wales, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 7, 1915(1915-05-07) (aged 53)
RMS Lusitania, Atlantic Ocean
Spouse
Elbert Hubbard
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(m. 1904)​
ChildrenMiriam Elberta Hubbard
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Born Alice Luann Moore in Wales, New York to Welcome Moore and Melinda Bush, she was a schoolteacher before meeting her future husband, the married soap salesman and philosopher Elbert Hubbard whom she married in 1904 after a controversial affair in which she bore an illegitimate child, Miriam Elberta Hubbard (1894–1985).

On March 3, 1913, Hubbard marched in the first Washington, D.C. suffragist parade.[3]

The couple perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania during the First World War while on a voyage to Europe to cover the war and ultimately interview Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.[4][5]

Selected works
  • Justinian and Theodora, 1906; with Elbert Hubbard
  • Woman's Work, 1908
  • Life Lessons, 1909
  • The Basis of Marriage, 1910, includes an interview with Hubbard by Sophie Irene Loeb
  • The Myth in Marriage, 1912

See also

References
  1. "Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Document". link.galegroup.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  2. "Revolt, They Said". www.andreageyer.info. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. "March 8 is International Women's Day". Roycroft Campus Corporation. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. "Mrs. Elbert Green Hubbard (Alice Luann Moore)". The Lusitania Resource. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  5. Protasio, John (15 August 2011). The Day the World was Shocked: The Lusitania Disaster and Its Influence on the Course of World War I. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-048-0.
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