Florence Luscomb
Florence Hope Luscomb (February 6, 1887 – October 13, 1985) was an American architect and women's suffrage activist in Massachusetts. She was one of the first ten women graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her degrees were in architecture.: 234 Luscomb became a partner in an early woman-owned architecture firm before work in the field became scarce during World War I. She then dedicated herself fully to activism in the women's suffrage movement, becoming a prominent leader of Massachusetts suffragists.
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Florence Luscomb selling The Woman's Journal, 1911 | |
| Born | Florence Hope Luscomb February 6, 1887 Lowell, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | October 13, 1985 (aged 98) Emerson Convalescent Home in Watertown, Massachusetts, US |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, activist for woman suffrage |
| Known for | Degrees in architecture 1909, 1910 from MIT |
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