Andrews, Fannie Fern (1867–1950)
Andrews, Fannie Fern (1867–1950)
American pacifist. Born Fannie Fern Phillips, Sept 25, 1867, in Margaretville, Nova Scotia, Canada; died Jan 23, 1950, in Somerville, Massachusetts; Radcliffe College, AB in education and psychology, 1902, PhD in international law, 1923; m. Edward Gasper Andrews.
President of the Boston Home and School Association (1914–18); founded the American School Peace League (1908), renamed the American School Citizenship League (1918), of which she served as secretary until her death; during WWI, devoted her work to the goal of international organization; was a vigorous campaigner for the League of Nations; assisted in the organization of the Harvard-Radcliffe Research Bureau.
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