Foster family.
Maria Chickering was born in Amherst, N.H., in 1803, and attended Adams Female Academy in Derry, N.H., where Mary Lyon, the future founder of Mt. Holyoke College, was a teacher. Chickering married her cousin, Asa Emerson Foster (brother-in-law of Abby Kelley Foster, abolitionist and women's rights advocate), had a daughter, Sarah Maria, and died in Erie, Pa., in 1859.
From the description of Papers, 1827-1982 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007715
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatorOf | Foster family. Papers, 1827-1982 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
|---|
Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| associatedWith | Adams Female Academy (Derry, N.H.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887. | person |
| associatedWith | Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849. | person |
| associatedWith | Palmer, Foster McCrum. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country |
|---|
| Subject |
|---|
| Women |
| Occupation |
|---|
| Activity |
|---|
Family
Active 1827
Active 1982
Related Descriptions
Search Elsewhere
Information
