Deborah Knox Livingston

Deborah Knox Livingston (, Knox; 1876–1923) was a Scottish-born American lecturer associated with temperance and suffrage movements. She spent much of her life in service to the National and World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), as well as the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Federation of Women's Clubs, League of Women Voters, and World League Against Alcoholism (WLAA). In Maine, she served as the chair of the state's Suffrage Campaign Committee, while in Rhode Island, she was President of the state's WCTU. In addition to the textbook, Studies in Government, Livingston was the author of several treatises and articles.

Early life and education Deborah King Knox was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1874/76. (Various sources record different dates of birth: September 10, 1874; and September 10, 1876.)

In 1920, Livingston was a delegate to the World's WCTU Convention in London, and at that time, made a survey of women in industry in the British Isles and the Continental countries. In that year, she became Superintendent of the Department of Citizenship for the World's WCTU. In Durban, 1,100 Zulu men came to hear her speak. Her strong, sane, thought-compelling messages gave a remarkable impetus to the anti-alcohol movement in South Africa. In the same year, she was made Director of Suffrage for the World's WCTU.

Selected works Textbooks Studies in Government (1921; 2nd edition, 1934)

Treatises "Politics and Public Health" "Politics and Public Education" "Politics and Public Charities" "Brief Course in Civics for Busy Women"

Articles "Why Maine Women Need the Suffrage"