Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891

Served with the New England Women's Auxiliary Association of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1866; Freedmen's Aid Society, 1866-1873; founded the New England Women's Club, 1868; Boston School Committee representative, 1875-1878; member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1879-1888; president of the Massachusetts School Sufrrage Association, 1880-1888; member and president of the Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women, 1880-1886; and member of the Association for the Advancement of Women.

From the description of Abby W. May [photograph], [ca. 1850]. (Massachusetts Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 51166846

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