Angelique Le Petit Martin Papers 1833-1859 1833-1859

Barker, Charlotte

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Martin, Angelique Le Petit, 1793-1865

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Morton, William R.

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Martin, Frederick Stanley, 1794-1865

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Holmes, O. S.

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Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894

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Amelia Jenks Bloomer was an early suffragist, editor, and social activist. Bloomer was also a fashion advocate who worked to change women’s clothing styles. Bloomer was born in Homer, New York. With only a few years of formal education, she started working as a teacher, educating students in her community. In 1840, she married David Bloomer and moved to Seneca Falls, New York. Bloomer quickly became active in the Seneca Falls political and social community. She joined a church and volunteered...

Brisbane, Albert, 1809-1890

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Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902

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Lilly Martin Spencer (1824-1902) grew up in Marietta, Ohio. She was a child prodigy in art, and in 1841 she moved to Cincinnati to formally study art. She married Benjamin Spencer Rush, a cloth merchant and tailor, in 1844. In 1848 they moved to New York. Spencer was determined to make a career as a painter, and over time she achieved popular and financial success. Many of her works were reproduced and distributed as inexpensive lithographs and engravings. From the description of Pai...

Wood, Joseph

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Joseph Wood was a contemporary of the Arctic explorer and whaler William Penny (b 1809) From the guide to the Joseph Wood collection, 1861-1863, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Epithet: singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x0001d8 Epithet: of the Ordnance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8...

Brown, Paul, 1908-1991

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On September 7, 1908, Paul Eugene Brown was born in Norwalk, Ohio. His father, Lester, was employed by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. The Browns moved to Massillon, Ohio when Paul was nine. He played varsity quarterback for the Washington High School Tigers, graduating in 1926. Having first attended Ohio State University, Brown transferred to Miami University in 1928. He played for two years as quarterback for the Miami University Redskins under Coach Chester Pittser. While at Miami, Brown...

Eastman, Maria

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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin) was born Jan. 3, 1793 in Nantucket, MA. She was a descendent of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and a cousin of Framer Benjamin Franklin. Mott became a teacher; her interest in women's rights began when she discovered that male teachers at the school were paid significantly more than female staff. A well known abolitionist, Mott considered slavery to be evil, a Quaker view. When she moved to Philadelphia, she became Quaker minister. Along with white and black wo...