Villard, Oswald and Fanny Garrison
Villard, Oswald and Fanny Garrison, pacifists, antiracists, and feminists.This mother and son team carried on the political tradition of Fanny Garrison Villard's father, reformer William Lloyd Garrison.
Fanny Garrison (1844–1928) married the German‐born business entrepreneur and newspaperman Henry Villard in 1866. Her adult political work had begun with efforts to help newly freed slaves during Reconstruction. She continued her charity work through the Diet Kitchen Association (dedicated to improving nutrition for the poor), the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, and the Woman's Exchange. In 1898, both she and her youngest son, Oswald (1872–1949), spoke against the imperialist position taken by the United States in the Spanish‐American War. In 1914, both became active in the anti–World War I movement. Fanny acted...
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