Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-

Variant names

Hide Profile

Former president, League of Women Voters; interviewee married John Glessner Lee.

From the description of Reminiscences of Percy Maxim Lee : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734471

Lee was president of the National League of Women Voters and appointed chairman of the Consumers' Advisory Council by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

From the description of Papers, 1900-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006973

Percy Maxim Lee, political and civic volunteer, was born on July 6, l906, in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Josephine (Hamilton), a suffragist, and Hiram Percy Maxim, an inventor and early automobile designer. In l926 she married John Glessner Lee, a Connecticut industrialist, choosing to marry and raise a family rather than go to college.

PML was president of the League of Women Voters of Farmington, Connecticut, 1938-1942, of the LWV of Connecticut, l942-1949, and of the LWV of the United States for four terms, 1950-1958. She was trustee of the LWV Education Fund, president of the League's Overseas Education Fund, l959-1963, and president of the OEF's Leadership Institute. She served on the Ford Foundation and chaired the Capital Region Planning Agency in Hartford. She was appointed to the Consumer Advisory Council by President Kennedy in l962, and served as its chairman, l963-1967. She also served on the board of Connecticut College for Women and as national consultant for Radcliffe's Women's Archives, (later the Schlesinger Library), 1957-1960. PML received honorary degrees from Cedar Crest College and Rutgers University (l956), from Hillyer College (l957), and from Drexel Institute, Philadelphia.

From the guide to the Papers, 1942-1971, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Papers of Clara Mortensen Beyer Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-. The reminiscences of Percy M. Lee. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Powell, Rose Arnold, 1876-1961. Papers, 1922-1961 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Edna Lamprey Stantial, 1836-1985 (inclusive), 1900-1955 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-. Reminiscences of Percy Maxim Lee : oral history, 1973. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Beyer, Clara M. (Clara Mortenson). Additional papers, 1959-1979 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Harrison, Florence Louise, 1883-1973. Papers, 1895-1973 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Harrison, Florence Louise, 1883-1973. Papers, 1895-1973 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979. Papers, 1918-1977 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Alderman, Bessie Green Hearn, 1881-1959,. Autograph collection [manuscript], 1743-1903. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Pendery, Joyce S., 1930-. Political women in Connecticut interview transcripts, 1980-1981 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn University of Connecticut, Center for Oral History Interviews Collection, undated, 1967-2008. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf Papers, 1942-1971 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1947-1974 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1918-1977 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-. Papers, 1900-1970 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Koshland, Lucile Heming. Papers, 1947-1974 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Anna Lord Strauss, 1899-1979 person
associatedWith Beyer, Clara M. (Clara Mortenson) person
associatedWith Califano, Joseph, 1918- person
associatedWith Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947. person
associatedWith Center for Oral History. corporateBody
associatedWith Consumer Advisory Council corporateBody
associatedWith Engels, Iris person
associatedWith Florence Louise Harrison, 1883-1973 person
associatedWith Ford Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Freeman, Orville, 1918- person
associatedWith Gellhorn, Edna Fischel, 1878-1970. person
associatedWith Gellhorn, Kitty, person
associatedWith Gellhorn, Kitty Minus. person
associatedWith Harrison, Florence Louise, 1883-1973. person
associatedWith Heller, Walter, 1915- person
associatedWith Koshland, Lucile Heming. person
associatedWith League of Women Voters of Connecticut. corporateBody
associatedWith League of Women Voters of Farmington (Conn.) corporateBody
associatedWith League of Women Voters-Overseas Education Fund Institute corporateBody
associatedWith League of Women Voters (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Lucile (Wolf) Heming Koshland, 1898-1978 person
associatedWith Maud May (Wood) Park, 1871-1955 person
associatedWith Maxim family. family
associatedWith Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. person
associatedWith Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997. person
associatedWith Peterson, Esther (Eggertsen), 1906- person
associatedWith Powell, Rose Arnold, 1876-1961. person
associatedWith Stantial, Edna Lamprey. person
associatedWith Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979. person
associatedWith United Nations. corporateBody
associatedWith United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Consumers' Advisory Council. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Office of Price Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Connecticut. corporateBody
associatedWith Wells, Margaret H. person
associatedWith Wells, Marguerite Milton, 1872-1959. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Connecticut
Subject
African Americans
Consumer affairs
Internal security
Politics, Practical
Volunteerism
Women
Women
Women
Women executives
Occupation
Activity

Person

Birth 1906

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m63b7w

Ark ID: w6m63b7w

SNAC ID: 37865822