Ellen Spencer Mussey

Ellen Spencer Mussey (born May 13, 1850, Geneva, Ohio, U.S.—died April 21, 1936, Washington, D.C.) was an American lawyer, educator, and reformer who, self-tutored in the law, helped establish educational opportunities for women in that field and campaigned to improve women’s legal rights. Ellen Spencer was the daughter of Platt Rogers Spencer, reformer and promoter of the widely used system of handwriting called Spencerian penmanship. At age 12 she began assisting in his penmanship school....