John Sherwin Crosby Explained
John Sherwin Crosby (January 13, 1842 – February 24, 1914) was an American author and lecturer on civics and government.
History
He was born on 13 January 1842 in Freedom, Maine, to Sherwin Crosby and Nancy Jordan Clifford.[1]
Crosby was a single tax advocate, proponent of the Georgism and land value tax ideas of political economist Henry George and priest/social reformer Edward McGlynn, and active member of the Manhattan Single Tax Club.[2] He wrote The Orthocratic State: The Unchanging Principles of Civics and Government which was published in 1915 by Sturgis & Walton Company.[3]
Personal life
He first married Abby Josephine Gardner (1842 - 1890). They had two children, John Sherwin Crosby and Louise Leonard Crosby.[1]
- Nellie Fassett CrosbySometime after Abby's 1890 death, Crosby married Nellie Fassett in New York City.[1] She was the founder and president of the Women's Democratic Club of New York City. It was the first permanent national political organization exclusively established by and for women.[4]
In 1918 she was named as the representative of New York State on the Woman's Advisory Committee of the Democratic National Committee.[5]
- DeathJohn Sherwin Crosby died on 24 February 1914.[1]
See also
- Georgism — economic philosophy named after Henry George.
- — advocates of Georgism.
Notes and References
- http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/john-sherwin-crosby_11525091?geo_a=t&geo_s=uk&geo_t=us&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=62817&o_lid=62817&o_sch=Web+Property Ancestry.com: John Sherwin Crosby 1842-1914
- http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=453398&imageID=1160286&total=109&num=0&parent_id=452324&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&imgs=20&pos=16&snum=&e=w NYPL Digital Gallery: "The mission of Henry George"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=8xNpCcIly9kC Google Books.com: "The Orthocratic State: The Unchanging Principles of Civics and Government"
- Web site: Jo Freeman . Jo Freeman . The Rise of Political Woman in the Election of 1912 . 2009-07-25 . She had founded the Woman's Democratic Club of New York City in 1905 .... . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090511132006/http://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/jofreeman/polhistory/1912.htm . 2009-05-11 . dead .
- News: Democrats Choose Mrs. J.S. Crosby. . Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby of New York City has been named as the representative of New York State on the Woman's Advisory Committee of the Democratic ... . . February 28, 1918 . 2009-07-25 .
