Family Father
Platt Rogers Spencer
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q5365018 · wikidata
SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™
1850-01-01 – 1936-01-01

Ellen Spencer Mussey (May 13, 1850 - April 21, 1936) was a lawyer, educator, and pioneer in the field of women's rights to legal education. Mussey self-tutored in the law, helped establish educational opportunities for women in that field, and campaigned to improve women's legal rights. She was the daughter of Platt Rogers Spencer, a reformer and promoter of the Spencerian Method, the widely used form of handwriting.
lawyer, educator
Rockford University; Lake Erie College
Women's City Club of Washington, D.C.
Lake Erie College · Rockford University
Platt Rogers Spencer
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q5365018 · wikidata
Reuben D. Mussey, Jr.
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q5365018 · wikidata
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