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Otey, Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis (1880–1974) – Encyclopedia Virginia


October 4, 1880
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis is born in Lynchburg to John Henry Lewis and Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis.
1901
1903 1904
1907
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis earns a doctorate in economics from the University of Berlin for her dissertation,
A Contribution toward the Development of the Cotton Industry in the South of U.S.A.
1910s
1910
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis prepares a report,
The Beginnings of Child Labor Legislation in Certain States: A Comparative Study, for the Department of Commerce and Labor.
June 4, 1910
October 1910
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis founds the Lynchburg Equal Suffrage League, the second local league founded in the state. Lewis s daughter, Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis Otey, is probably a cofounder. ....

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