American reform advocate, born in Savona, NY, on the 21st of October 1837. From 1856 until 1864 as Sara Andrews she was engaged in teaching. She married Platt R. Spencer in 1864, and went with him to Washington, DC. There she became interested in the woman’s-suffrage movement; was instrumental in securing favorable legislation and was officially connected with the national and district suffrage associations. She published Problems on the Woman Question (1871); and Thirty Lessons in the English Language; and was the principal of the Washington Spencerian Business College.
