Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915

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Writer, pioneer, editor, and champion of women's suffrage, Abigail Scott Duniway was born in Groveland, Illinois, in 1834. One of her brothers, Harvey Scott, would become the editor of the Oregonian . The Scott family traveled overland to Oregon in 1852, a trip on which Abigail's mother and youngest brother died. The family came first to Oregon City, then settled in Lafayette. Abigail taught school at Eola, and in 1853 she married Benjamin C. Duniway, with whom she had four children. After her husband was incapacitated in an 1862 accident, Duniway supported her family through teaching and a millinery business in Albany, Oregon. After moving to Portland in 1871 she published and edited The new northwest and became Oregon's leading advocate of women's suffrage. She moved to Idaho in 1887 and helped to achieve women's voting rights there in 1896. After returning to Oregon she was instrumental in the passage of Oregon's own women's suffrage bill in 1912. Her writings include the autobiography Path Breaking (1914) and the novel Captain Gray's Company .

From the guide to the Abigail Scott Duniway papers, 1852-1915, 1880-1915, (Oregon Historical Society)

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creatorOf Oregon Governors collection, 1869-1987. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn The Norma Paulus papers, 1953-2006, 1971-1976 Willamette University Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947. Papers: Series II, 1894-1948 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915. Abigail Scott Duniway papers, 1852-1992. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn Duniway family. Duniway family papers, 1771-1993. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn Lindseth, Jon A.,. Lindseth collection of American woman suffrage, [ca. 1820-1920]. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915. A stirring appeal : speech, 1913. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1869-1945 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Dorothy Morrison literary manuscripts, 1977-1979 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Croly, J. C. (Jane Cunningham), 1829-1901. Papers, 1876-1966 (inclusive), 1876-1901 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Abigail Scott Duniway papers, 1852-1992 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Dye, Eva Emery, 1855-1947. Eva Emery Dye Papers, 1776-1997 (bulk 1890-1940). Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Roberts, Margaret Stevenson, 1872-1952. Papers, 1896-1956 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn John Daniel Stevens letters, circa 1895-1930 Oregon Historical Society Research Library
creatorOf Abigail Scott Duniway papers, 1852-1915, 1880-1915 Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Morrison, Dorothy Nafus. Dorothy Nafus Morrison literary manuscripts, 1977-1979. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn Papers of Mary Ware Dennett Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Lindseth collection of American woman suffrage, [ca. 1820-1920]. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915. Letters, 1908 Apr. 30. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn Lawrence T. Harris papers Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Stevens, John Daniel 1847-1932. John Daniel Stevens letters [manuscripts], circa 1895-1930. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Roberts, Margaret Stevenson, 1872-1952. Papers, 1896-1956 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915. Abigail Scott Duniway papers [microform], 1852-1992. Harvard University, Divinity School Library
referencedIn Eva Emery Dye Papers, 1776-1997, 1890-1940 Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F., 1820-1907. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915. Abigail Scott Duniway papers, 1852-1915 (bulk 1880-1915). Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Coe, Henry Waldo, 1857-1920,. Henry Waldo Coe photographs collection [graphic], circa 1900-1925. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
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correspondedWith Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 person
correspondedWith Campbell, Prince Lucian, 1861-1925 person
associatedWith Catharine Gouger (Waugh) McCullouch, 1862-1945 person
associatedWith Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947. person
associatedWith Coe, Henry Waldo, 1857-1920, person
associatedWith Croly, J. C. (Jane Cunningham), 1829-1901. person
associatedWith Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947. person
associatedWith DeVoe, Emma Smith, 1858-1927. person
associatedWith Duniway, C. A. (Clyde Augustus), 1866-1944. person
associatedWith Duniway family. family
associatedWith Duniway Publishing Company corporateBody
correspondedWith Dye, Eva Emery, 1855-1947. person
correspondedWith Harris, Lawrence T. (Lawrence Thomas), b. 1873 person
correspondedWith Harris, Lawrence T. (Lawrence Thomas), b. 1873. person
associatedWith Jon A., Lindseth person
associatedWith Lindseth, Jon A., person
associatedWith Margaret Stephenson Roberts, d. 1952 person
associatedWith MARY (WARE) DENNETT person
associatedWith McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, b. 1862. person
associatedWith Morrison, Dorothy Nafus person
associatedWith Morrison, Dorothy Nafus. person
associatedWith Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Oregon State Secular Union. corporateBody
associatedWith Parkinson, H. J. person
associatedWith Paulus, Norma person
associatedWith Roberts, Margaret Stephenson, d.1952. person
associatedWith Sawtelle, Mary person
sibling of Scott, Harvey W. (Harvey Whitefield), 1838-1910 person
associatedWith Scott, Leslie M., 1878-1968. person
correspondedWith Stevens, John Daniel 1847-1932. person
correspondedWith Stevens, John Daniel, 1847-1932 person
associatedWith Strickland, Edward F., person
associatedWith West, Oswald, 1873-1960 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Groveland IL US
Portland OR US
Subject
Publishers and publishing
Publishers and publishing
Publishers and publishing
Political campaigns
Journalism
Oregon
Oregon National Historic Trail
Overland Journeys to the Northwestern United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Pioneers
Pioneers
Portland
Scrapbooks
Suffragists
Suffragists
Women
Women
Women
Women pioneers
Women pioneers
Women's rights
Occupation
Authors
Women authors
Journalists
Newspaper editors
Suffragists
Women journalist
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Birth 1834-10-22

Death 1915-10-11

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