Papers, 1858-1951

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885

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Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske; October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted co...

Bardwell, Mary Foster, 1800-1875

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Helen Temple Cooke was born in Rutland, Vt., April 13, 1865. She was the daughter of Edmond Foster Cooke and Mary Ann Bardwell, born January 6, 1826. Cooke's grandfather Otis Bardwell was first married to Abigail Foster (1799-1835), who was the mother of all of his children, including Mary Ann Bardwell (Cooke's mother). Otis Bardwell's second wife was Mary Foster (Abigail Foster's sister). She was born in 1800 and died in 1875....

Eastman, Julia A. (Julia Arabella), 1837-1911

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Julia Eastman was born on July 17, 1837 and Sarah Eastman on June 19, 1839, in Fulton, NY. The sisters grew up in poverty and hardship. Their father was a minister and their mother died when Julia was only six and Sarah four. In order to take care of the house, the sisters had to take turns going to school. Sarah graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1861 and Julia attended academies in Amherst, Monson, and Ipswich. Sarah taught at Western College in Oxford, OH, and Julia at Oswego Academy. In...

Eastman, Sarah Porter. 1839-1930

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Julia Eastman was born on July 17, 1837 and Sarah Eastman on June 19, 1839, in Fulton, NY. The sisters grew up in poverty and hardship. Their father was a minister and their mother died when Julia was only six and Sarah four. In order to take care of the house, the sisters had to take turns going to school. Sarah graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1861 and Julia attended academies in Amherst, Monson, and Ipswich. Sarah taught at Western College in Oxford, OH, and Julia at Oswego Academy. In...

Portor, Laura Spencer, 1872-1957

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Laura Spencer Portor Pope (4 February 1872 – 1957) was an American journalist and author of short stories and several books. She is known as the co-author with Dorothy Giles of two science fiction novels, The valley of creeping men (1930) and Chattering gods (1931), both of which appeared under the pseudonym "Rayburn Crawley." Laura Spencer Portor married Francis Pope, but she continued to use the name "Laura Spencer Portor" for all her professional publications except the two science novels ...

Cooke, Helen Temple, 1865-1955

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Helen Temple Cooke was born in Rutland, Vt., April 13, 1865. She was the daughter of Edmond Foster Cooke and Mary Ann Bardwell, born January 6, 1826. Cooke's grandfather Otis Bardwell was first married to Abigail Foster (1799-1835), who was the mother of all of his children, including Mary Ann Bardwell (Cooke's mother). Otis Bardwell's second wife was Mary Foster (Abigail Foster's sister). She was born in 1800 and died in 1875. From 1882-1894, Helen Temple Cooke conducted a private school in ...

Dana Hall School

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