Annie Florance Nathan Meyer

Annie Florance Nathan Meyer (born Feb. 19, 1867, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 23, 1951, New York City) was an American writer, educator, and antisuffragist, remembered as the moving force behind the founding of Barnard College, New York City. Annie Nathan grew up in an unsettled home and early found her greatest pleasure in books. In 1885 she enrolled in an extension reading course for women begun two years earlier by Columbia College (now University)...