L. J. C. Daniels

Lucy Joselyn Cutler Daniels (November 5, 1858 – June 10, 1949), known best by her initials L. J. C. Daniels, was an American suffragist and political activist from Vermont. Daniels is best known for her protests for women's suffrage by refusing to pay taxes on her property, as well as her staunch support for working-class and Black women to receive the vote. Daniels participated in multiple protests and demonstrations in front of the White House and Capitol building, as well as in Boston.

Early life and education Daniels was born in Grafton, Vermont to the wealthy family of Francis Daniels, a speculator, and Lucy Barrett. The Danielses had six children, including Lucy. Daniels graduated from New York University in 1896 with a Juris Doctor degree. Daniels was known as an eccentric in Grafton. She always travelled by bus and never sat down the entire way. As a wealthy suffragist, Daniels used her property to protest, refusing to pay property taxes. In response, local officials in Grafton auctioned off her bank stock inherited from her father. She then wrote on the front of a building she owned "A-SQUARE-DEAL: Votes for Vermont Women." In 1911, a tax collector came to auction off Daniels' remaining assets. The collector reminded Daniels that she could vote in school meetings, to which Daniels responded by pointing to her housekeeper, explaining that until the working-class women of Vermont could vote, she would not either.

Death

Daniels died at Rockingham Hospital in Bellows Falls, aged 90.