Adkinson, Florence Burlingame, 1847-1925?

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Journalist. Secretary for Woman's Department, Indiana State Board of Agriculture, 1884. Wrote for the Sentinel, a temperance paper, and the Chicago Inter-Ocean, 1881-1884. Wrote for the Woman's Journal, 1891-1910.

From the description of Papers, 1867-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006630

Florence Burlingame Adkinson, also known as "Mary" and "Lu," was secretary for the Women’s Department of the State Board of Agriculture, in Indianapolis in 1884. She also wrote for The Sentinel, a temperance paper, and the Chicago Inter-Ocean between 1881 and 1884. In 1891 she was writing for The Woman’s Journal and continued to do so for many years. She married William P. Adkinson; they had one daughter, June Adkinson. June Adkinson attended Radcliffe College, receiving her B.A. in 1909 and her M.A. in 1912.

From the guide to the Papers, 1867-1927, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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Suffrage
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Divorce
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Marriage
Temperance
Woman's Journal
Women
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Birth 1847

Death 1925

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