1837 - 1921
Lucy Flower American Activist
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| Birthday |
10th May, 1837
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| Died |
27th April, 1921
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Lucy Louisa Coues Flower (May 10, 1837 – April 27, 1921) was an American children's rights activist at the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s. Flower was a president of the Chicago Woman's Club. She was the major contributor in the creation of the juvenile court, along with others such as Julia Lathrop and Jane Addams. The creation of the juvenile court was not Flower's only accomplishment; she was also prominent in the creation of Illinois Training School for nurses, the foundation of the John Worthy School, and played many major roles in the Chicago School System. Flower was very interested in helping juveniles, which leads to her biggest creation - the Juvenile Court, founded on July 1, 1899 in Cook County, Illinois. Before the juvenile court, children as young as seven were sent to jails with adult criminals. In 1898, there were 508 crimes committed by children 10 and under, and 15,161 committed by children 10 to 20. In 1899, when the court was established, the crime rate went down for all children.
