Jeannette Ryder
American philanthropist and animal rights activist
Jeannette Ryder (11 June 1866 – 11 April 1931) was an American animal welfare activist and philanthropist who lived in Cuba at the beginning of the 20th century. She founded Bando de Piedad a humanitarian organization in 1906.
Biography
Ryder was born in Wisconsin on 11 June 1866. She married Clifford Ryder a physician in 1891 and they moved to Cuba in 1899. She founded the Bando de Piedad (also known as the Society for the Protection of Children, Animals and Plants) in 1906 as a Bands of Mercy organization. She enlisted children in her Band of Mercy to carry injured animals to her shelter. Her Bands of Mercy was a democratically elected organization with a leadership chosen by vote. Poor children received free medical care at her clinic across the street from her animal shelter. Ryder was known for her opposition to bullfighting. A 1914 entry for Ryder in the Woman's Who's Who of America commented that "she has done most effective service in the suppression of bull-fights and other cruel customs formerly prevalent in Cuba".
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