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Lowell, Josephine Shaw 1843-

Philanthropist; born in West Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 16, 1843; was educated in Europe, Boston, and New York; and travelled abroad from 1851 to 1855. She married Charles Russell Lowell in 1863, and has devoted her life to charity. She was one of the commissioners of the New York State board of charities in 1877-89; and was a leader of the Women's Municipal Purity Auxiliary in 1894. She is author of Public relief and private charity; and Industrial arbitration and conciliation.

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