Papers, 1890, 1903.

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Papers, 1890, 1903.

1890, 1903

Collection consists of manuscript draft of a speech given by Meriwether to an equal suffrage club, photocopies of articles about and geneologies of Meriwether and her family.

2 folders.

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Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883

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Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree, c. 1797, Swartekill, New York-died November 26, 1883), African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention. Truth was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She devoted her life to the abolitionist cause and helped to recruit black troops for the Union Army. Although Truth ...

Gage, Frances Dana, 1808-1884

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Author and reformer, Frances Dana Barker Gage was born on October 12, 1808, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dana Barker. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, n.y. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007079 ...

Meriwether, Lide Parker Smith, 1829-

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Lide Parker Smith Meriwether was born in Columbus, Ohio. When she was seventeen, she and her sister, L. Virginia Smith, went to the southwest to work as teachers. In 1855 she married Niles Meriwether, a civil engineer. They settled in Memphis, Tenn., and had three daughters. In 1872, Meriwether published Soundings, a book that pleaded the cause of "fallen women," for which she had worked since at least 1859. Her reform work intensified when she joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She ...