Virginia Durant Young, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Virginia Durant Young

American suffragist, temperance activist, author, newspaper editor/owner

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1842

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1906

Profession: writer, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Virginia Durant Covington Young (10 March 1842 – 2 November 1906) was an American suffragist, temperance activist, author, and newspaper editor and owner.
After serving as editor of South Carolina's Fairfax Enterprise weekly newspaper, Young became the newspaper's sole owner in 1899.
Her work for women's suffrage in South Carolina was widely recognized, though South Carolinian women gained the right to vote years after Young's death.