Lucy Rider Meyer
American social worker, educator, physician, and author
About Lucy Rider Meyer
Lived 1849 – 1922 (aged 72). Lucy Rider Meyer was a social worker and missionary.
Lucy Jane Rider Meyer (September 9, 1849 – March 16, 1922) was an American social worker, educator, physician, and author who cofounded the Chicago Training School for City, Home, and Foreign Missions in Illinois. She is credited with reviving the office of the female deacon (or deaconess) in the U.S. Methodist Episcopal Church.
Education and personal life Lucy Jane Rider was born in New Haven, Vermont to Jane Child Rider and Richard Rider.
From 1881 to 1884, Meyer served as field secretary for the Illinois State Sunday School Association and attended the 1880 World Sunday School Convention in London.
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Who was Lucy Rider Meyer?
American social worker, educator, physician, and author (1849-1922)
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Lucy Rider Meyer was born on 9 September 1849 in New Haven.
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Lucy Rider Meyer died on 16 March 1922.
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Lucy Rider Meyer was a social worker and missionary.
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