Amy Ricard
Amy Ricard was an American actress and suffragist.
Early life
Amy Ricard was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Denver, Colorado. Her mother was Emma A. Ricard. She studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She also trained as a soprano singer, with Horton Kennedy.Career
Ricard appeared in Broadway in The Pride of Jennico, Janice Meredith, The Stubbornness of Geraldine by Clyde Fitch, Babes in Toyland by Victor Herbert, The College Widow, Mary and John, Matilda, The Literary Sense, The Reckoning, Girls by Clyde Fitch, The Torches, The Woman on the Index, and Those Who Walk in Darkness. On the Boston stage, with her husband Lester Lonergan, she starred in An Idyl of Erin.Dorothy Parker wrote of The Woman on the Index in Vanity Fair, saying "The thing was so well done. You know yourself that with a cast including Julia Dean, Amy Ricard, and Lester Lonergan, you can't really have such a terrible evening."
Amy Ricard made her political views in favor of women's suffrage public, wearing a "Votes for Women" pin and speaking at suffrage events in New York City.