Lizzie Magie

Elizabeth Magie
Born
Elizabeth J. Magie

(1866-05-09)May 9, 1866
DiedMarch 2, 1948(1948-03-02) (aged 81)
Resting placeColumbia Gardens Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Other namesElizabeth J. Magie Phillips
Occupations
Spouse
Albert Phillips
(m. 1910; died 1937)

Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips (née Magie; May 9, 1866[1] – March 2, 1948) was an American game designer, writer, feminist, and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George.[2]

  1. ^ "Elizabeth Magie – Inventor of Monopoly" makeitmacomb.com Retrieved September 10, 2019
  2. ^ Pilon, Mary (February 13, 2015). "Monopoly's Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn't Pass 'Go'". New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2015. Elizabeth Magie was born in Macomb, Ill., in 1866 ... Her father, James Magie, was a newspaper publisher and an abolitionist who accompanied ...

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