Today I will continue my series on Evangelical women who lived in the second half of 1800 and felt called to ministry despite the opposition of men, this time sharing the story of a woman named Florence Luscomb. She lived from 1887 - 1985.
Florence was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Otis Luscomb and Hanna Skinner. Her father was an unsuccessful artist. Her mother was a dedicated suffragist and women's rights activist.
When Florence was one and a half years old, her parents separated and she moved with her mother to Boston where she was able to attend a private secondary school, Chauncy Hall.
As a child, Florence went with her mother to suffrage events, at one point seeing Susan B. Anthony speak. She became an ardent suffragist, initially by selling a pro-suffrage newspaper on the street.
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