Alice Overbey Taylor

Alice B. Overbey Taylor (1879 – 1919) was an American suffragist. She was the manager of the short-lived Virginia Suffrage News.

Alice B. Overbey Taylor
Born
Alice B. Overbey

(1879-07-28)July 28, 1879
Charlotte County, Virginia
DiedDecember 29, 1919(1919-12-29) (aged 40)
Richmond, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Known forSuffragist, author

Biography

Taylor née Overbey was born on July 28, 1879, in Charlotte County, Virginia. On 20 September 1909 she married Doward Miles Taylor. The couple settled in Richmond, Virginia In the early 1910s Overbey became active in the suffragist movement. She was a member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, serving as executive secretary and office manager from 1913 thorough 1915. In 1915 Taylor had a short story published in the American Home Journal.[1] Around 1917, at the start of World War I, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia added support of the American troops to their agenda. Taylor was appointed chair of the Committee of Agriculture and Thrift for the league. In 1918 Taylor became the league's chair of the Committee for the Protection of Women's Labor. The following year she was named program chair for the Richmond chapter of the Equal Suffrage League.[1]

Taylor died of cancer on December 29, 1919, in Richmond.[2]

Virginia Suffrage News
Virginia Suffrage News, first edition, October 1, 1914

In 1914 Overbey created and funded the publication the Virginia Suffrage News.[1] Taylor served as publisher and manager.[3] Fellow suffragist Mary Ellen Pollard Clarke served as editor-in-chief.[4] The first issue was published in Richmond on October 1, 1914, as the official organ of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.[5][2] Due to Taylor's poor health, and lack of funding, the Virginia Suffrage News had only three issues, from October 1, 1914, through December 1, 1914.[5][1]

References
  1. "Alice B. Overbey Taylor Biography". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. "Biographical Sketch of Alice B. Overbey Taylor". Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan Brownell; Gage, Matilda Joslyn; Harper, Ida Husted (1922). History of Woman Suffrage: 1900-1920. Fowler & Wells. p. 666.
  4. Johnson, Olin (12 July 2017). "Virginia Suffrage News". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  5. "Virginia Suffrage News". Virginia Chronicle. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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