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Early Life
Juliette Montague, who went by Etta, was born in Lennox, Massachusetts in September 1844 to Harriett Montague (nee Blodgett) and Charles Montague. She was the second of eight children born to Charles. At age 12 moved to Baltimore, Maryland to live with her aunt and uncle. In 1880 she traveled west to Salem, Oregon with her new husband, William Paine Lord. They were married on January 14, 1880. (cite) They had three children: Montague Lord (born 1881), William "Willie" Paine Lord, Jr. (born 1884), and Elizabeth "Bessie" Lord (born 1886 or 1887). (My source is notes at OHS - find birth certs or records???)

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Career
Lord was known by some as the "Flax Mother of Oregon" because she was a significant champion of the industry in Oregon  She was a founding member of the Oregon Women's Flax and Hemp Fiber Association, (cite) which was filed with the Secretary of State on March 17, 1897. It grew out of the xxx Women's something org. (cite)

Women's Flax Fibre Association

Political activism

Impact
Flax industry in Oregon

Selected Publications
Mrs. W. P. Lord, "Culture of Flax," unknown publication, unknown date, found in "Agriculture--Flax" Vertical File, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Mrs. W. P. Lord, "Flax Fiber Industry," The Oregonian (Salem, OR), April 8, 1897.

Mrs. W. P. Lord, "The Oregon Women's Flax Industry," in The Souvenir of Western Women, ed. Mary Osborn Douthit (Portland, OR: Anderson & Duniway Company, 1905), 128-130.

Mrs. W. P. Lord, "Flax as a Crop," in The Resources of the State of Oregon, ed. Oregon State Board of Agriculture (Salem, OR: W. H. Leeds, State Printer, 1898), 59-60.