Suffragist. The daughter of a physician and suffragist, she was born on April 29, 1892. She graduated from Washington College and John Hopkins, then put her studies aside to work with the National Women's Party as a field organizer.
Lucy was the NWP organizer in Utah, and the following year (1917), she was arrested for picketing the White House as a Silent Sentinel. She was jailed for two months in the District jail and Occoquan workhouse. The following year, she traveled as part of the "Prison Special" tour. Lucy lobbied in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama for the federal amendment supporting women's suffrage. Lucy took part in the 1919 protest at Lafayette Square, burning a letter from Woodrow Wilson, saying, "We want actions, not words."
After the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, Lucy led the Inez Milholland Memorial Fund Committee and the American Women's Emergency Committee. Branham was fluent in Russian, French, and German. She served as executive secretary of the American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia; she worked with the World Woman's Party in Geneva; and she lobbied the League of Nations on equal rights issues.
In the late 50s, Lucy served on the NWP Congressional Committee as a lobby for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Lucy was the NWP organizer in Utah, and the following year (1917), she was arrested for picketing the White House as a Silent Sentinel. She was jailed for two months in the District jail and Occoquan workhouse. The following year, she traveled as part of the "Prison Special" tour. Lucy lobbied in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama for the federal amendment supporting women's suffrage. Lucy took part in the 1919 protest at Lafayette Square, burning a letter from Woodrow Wilson, saying, "We want actions, not words."
After the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, Lucy led the Inez Milholland Memorial Fund Committee and the American Women's Emergency Committee. Branham was fluent in Russian, French, and German. She served as executive secretary of the American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia; she worked with the World Woman's Party in Geneva; and she lobbied the League of Nations on equal rights issues.
In the late 50s, Lucy served on the NWP Congressional Committee as a lobby for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Suffragist. The daughter of a physician and suffragist, she was born on April 29, 1892. She graduated from Washington College and John Hopkins, then put her studies aside to work with the National Women's Party as a field organizer.
Lucy was the NWP organizer in Utah, and the following year (1917), she was arrested for picketing the White House as a Silent Sentinel. She was jailed for two months in the District jail and Occoquan workhouse. The following year, she traveled as part of the "Prison Special" tour. Lucy lobbied in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama for the federal amendment supporting women's suffrage. Lucy took part in the 1919 protest at Lafayette Square, burning a letter from Woodrow Wilson, saying, "We want actions, not words."
After the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, Lucy led the Inez Milholland Memorial Fund Committee and the American Women's Emergency Committee. Branham was fluent in Russian, French, and German. She served as executive secretary of the American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia; she worked with the World Woman's Party in Geneva; and she lobbied the League of Nations on equal rights issues.
In the late 50s, Lucy served on the NWP Congressional Committee as a lobby for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Lucy was the NWP organizer in Utah, and the following year (1917), she was arrested for picketing the White House as a Silent Sentinel. She was jailed for two months in the District jail and Occoquan workhouse. The following year, she traveled as part of the "Prison Special" tour. Lucy lobbied in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama for the federal amendment supporting women's suffrage. Lucy took part in the 1919 protest at Lafayette Square, burning a letter from Woodrow Wilson, saying, "We want actions, not words."
After the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, Lucy led the Inez Milholland Memorial Fund Committee and the American Women's Emergency Committee. Branham was fluent in Russian, French, and German. She served as executive secretary of the American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia; she worked with the World Woman's Party in Geneva; and she lobbied the League of Nations on equal rights issues.
In the late 50s, Lucy served on the NWP Congressional Committee as a lobby for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Bio by: JoAnn HAGANS Harris
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