Ava Lloy Galpin (1877 – April 19, 1935) was an American educator, clubwoman, suffragist, temperance activist, and politician, based in Southern California.
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| Born | Ava Lloy Galpin 1877 Michigan |
| Died | April 19, 1935 Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | teacher |
| Known for | suffrage, temperance, politics, clubwork |
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Early life
editAva Lloy Galpin was born in Saginaw, Michigan,[1] and raised in Los Angeles,[2] the daughter of Cromwell Galpin and Clara Wood Galpin. Her father was mayor of Eagle Rock from 1914 to 1916,[1] before it became part of Los Angeles.[3] Her mother died in 1888.[4] Her stepmother after 1890 was educator and suffragist Kate Tupper Galpin.[5][6] Lloy Galpin graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison[7] and the University of California, Berkeley.[8]
Career
editGalpin taught at a school and at a teacher's college in the Philippines in 1903.[9] She taught in Los Angeles city schools from 1905, and was active for many years in the California Teachers' Association.[10][11] In 1909 she lectured on Los Angeles at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in Seattle.[12] She was the first woman president of the Los Angeles High School Teachers' Association.[2]
Galpin was president of the National College Women's Equal Suffrage League in 1909,[13] and a leader in the California Equal Suffrage Association.[14] In 1912 she toured California lecturing on "Why the Progressive Platform is a Woman's Platform", in support of the Progressive Party.[15] She ran for seats in Congress and the California state senate in 1923.[8][16] She was a California delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924.[7] She spoke in favor of Prohibition at a 1928 campaign rally in Los Angeles for presidential candidate Al Smith.[17]
Galpin was active in the California Federation of Women's Clubs, and president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.[18][19] She served on executive boards of the Women's Vocational Alliance and the Survey on Race Relations.[7]
Personal life
editGalpin lived in Los Angeles with her half-sister, puppeteer Ellen Galpin,[1] in her later years. Lloy Galpin died of heart disease in 1935, aged 58 years, while visiting another sister, Hazel Galpin Lowe, in San Diego.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Parrello, Frank. "The Galpins of Eagle Rock" Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society Newsletter (Summer 2012): pages 3-5.
- ^ a b c "Funeral Slated Tuesday for Pioneer Teacher". The Los Angeles Times. April 21, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cromwell Galpin Seriously Ill". Eagle Rock Sentinel. August 26, 1927. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Plan Funeral of Pioneer". Eagle Rock Sentinel. September 16, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McGroarty, John Steven (1921). Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea: With Selected Biography of Actors and Witnesses to the Period of Growth and Achievement. American Historical Society. pp. 350–351.
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- ^ "Her Body Will Lie In State". Los Angeles Herald. January 11, 1906. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ a b c "Los Angeles High School". Los Angeles School Journal. 7: 46. June 23, 1924.
- ^ a b "Local Girl for Senator". Eagle Rock Sentinel. April 14, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Alumni as Teachers in the Orient". University of California Chronicle. 4: 305. October 1901.
- ^ "Proposed Amendments to Constitution, Southern Section, C. T. A." Sierra Educational News. 10: 702. December 1914.
- ^ "City Teachers' Club to Join Southern District". San Pedro News Pilot. August 10, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Los Angeles at Exposition". The Los Angeles Times. August 1, 1909. p. 23. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Suffragettes Attention". The Los Angeles Times. February 5, 1909. p. 22. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Galpin in Charge". Eagle Rock Sentinel. August 2, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Miss Lloy Galpin to Tour State for Progressives". Santa Ana Register. October 10, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Attorney Leading in Coast Election". Great Falls Tribune. May 2, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Lloy Galpin Speaker Saturday at Smith Meeting". Eagle Rock Sentinel. September 28, 1928. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ Lyons, Louis S.; Wilson, Josephine (1922). Who's who Among the Women of California. p. 178.
- ^ "Miss Lloy Galpin to Address Club". San Pedro News Pilot. February 11, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
