Judith Anna Powell Rice (February 15, 1834 – March 27, 1915) was an American educator and activist in the causes of temperance, abolition, social purity, and women's suffrage.

[5][6] She was a member of the General Friends Conferences Union for Philanthropic Labor,[1][7] and was an officer of the American Purity Alliance.

[8][9][10] She represented the New York Commission for the Prevention of State Regulation of Vice at a meeting of the International Council of Women in 1888.

[11][12] An 1895 report on the alliance described Powell as "a charming lady, whose kind heart has brought her into close contact with frail and erring women," and quoted her as saying "How blessed are those whose parents wisely teach both son and daughter that they have equal responsibilities to God and society for a pure life.

They announced their union in a local newspaper, with a paragraph protesting the gender inequalities imposed by legal marriage.