Juliet Clannon Cushing

Juliet Clannon Cushing (September 17, 1845 – September 6, 1934) was an American educator and labor activist, interested in protecting women workers and limiting child labor. She was a founder of the Consumers League of New Jersey in 1900 , and president of the organization for thirty years.

Early life Juliet Clannon was born in New York City, the daughter of Simon Clannon and Sarah M. Olmstead Clannon. Her father was born in Ireland; he was active in New York politics, and died when Juliet was a girl. She was educated at Miss Wadleigh's school in New York.

Career Juliet Clannon taught school in New York before marriage, and was appointed vice principal of Grammar School No. 47 in 1875; she resigned that position several months later, upon her marriage. She was also vice president of the National Consumers League. She chaired the New Jersey Child Labor and Welfare Committee. In 1914, she was a founder of the non-profit People's Legislative Bureau of New Jersey.

During World War I she was active in monitoring the working conditions for women in war-related industries.

Cushing was prominent in Presbyterian Church work, as president of the Missionary Society of the Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church of East Orange, and honorary president of the Presbyterian Society of Morris and Orange. She also worked with the city's Federation of Women's Church Organizations. Her gravesite is in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.