Lucy Flower

Lucy Louisa Coues Flower (May 10, 1837 – April 27, 1921) was an American children's rights activist at the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s.

[2] She was the major contributor in the creation of the juvenile court, along with others such as Julia Lathrop and Jane Addams.

[2] She was adopted by Charlotte Haven Ladd and Samuel Elliott Coues.

She then worked for the United States Patent Office in Washington before moving to Madison, Wisconsin.

[6] Flower died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 27, 1921, in Coronado, California.