Woodnut S. Burr Explained

Birth Date:	28 August 1861
Birth Place:	Anderson, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:	Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Women's suffrage advocate
Birth Name:	Woodnut Conwell Stilwell

Woodnut Conwell Stilwell Burr (August 28, 1861 – December 19, 1952) was an advocate for women's suffrage in the United States.

Early life

Woodnut Conwell Stilwell Burr was born on August 28, 1861, in Anderson, Indiana, the daughter of Thomas Neel Stilwell (1830–1874) and Winifred Stilwell.

Career

• She was an ardent worker for women's suffrage and civic betterment.
• She was the president of the Los Gatos Branch of the League of Women Voters.
• She was a member of Work Integrated Learning Programmes and Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Personal life

Woodnut S. Burr moved to California in 1911 and lived at 11 Peralta St., Los Gatos, California. She married Chauncey S. Burr (1840–1905) and had four children: Chauncey Stilwell Burr (1885–1964), Mrs. Fred Tusler, Mrs. N. J. Lennes, Mary Winifred Burr (1883–1912).^[1]

She died on December 19, 1952, in Santa Clara, California.

Notes and References

1. Book: Binheim. Max. Elvin. Charles A. Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. 1928. 30. 8 August 2017.