Papers, 1975.

Gannett, Deborah Sampson, 1760-1827

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Deborah Sampson Gannett served in the United States army during the Revolutionary War. She enlisted as a private under the name Robert Shurtleft, was wounded in the battle of Tarrytown, witnessed the capture of Cornwallis, and was honorably discharged in November 1783....

Jones, Mother, 1837-1930

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Union activist Mother Jones was born Mary Harris in Ireland and immigrated to the United States. She was a school teacher and married George Jones and had four children. By 1867, Jones had lost her family to a yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the 1870s, "Mother" Jones began her long involvement in the labor struggle, by participating in various strikes such as the Pittsburgh Labor Riots (1877), the Western Virginia Anthracite Coal Strike (1902), and the Colorado Coal Field and A...

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the for her novel Little Women (1868) and the sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Born in Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May. Like her famous literary counterpart, Jo March, she was the second of four daughters. The eldest, Anna Bronson (Al...

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activ...

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818

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Hailed for her now-famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws, Abigail Adams was not only an early advocate for women’s rights, she was a vital confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president. She opposed slavery and supported women’s education. Born to a prominent family in Weymouth, Massachusetts on November 11, 1744, Adams’ father, Reverend William Smith, was part of a prestigious ministerial community within the Congr...

Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910

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Founder of the Christian Science Church, of Concord, N.H. From the description of Correspondence, 1861-1909. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961454 Founder of Christian Science Church. From the description of Letter to Mr. Robinson [manuscript] : Concord, N.H., 1902 May. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647875583 Religious leader. From the description of Mary Baker Eddy correspondence and invitat...

Hutchinson, Anne, 1591-1643

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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 ...

Cooper, Avarzine.

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Hamlin, Joanne

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Hamlin was an actress and monologist. From the description of Papers, 1975. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007384 ...

Dyer, Mary, -1660

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Easty, Mary, d.1692.

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Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814

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Historian, poet, and dramatist. From the description of History of the rise, progress, and termination of the American Revolution : manuscripts, 1801-1805. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069040 Poet, historian, and playwright. From the description of Papers of Mercy Otis Warren, 1709-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067673 Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) was born in Barnstable, Mass., the daughter of James Otis (1702-1778) and Mary Allyne Otis (170...

Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672

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Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet and the first female author published in America. She gave birth to eight children, including Simon and Sarah Bradstreet. From the description of Meditations divine and morall : manuscript, [not before 1672] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612827039 ...

Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902

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She was born near Lexington, Virginia, the second child of Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858) and Elizabeth McDowell (1794–1854). She was born in the home of her mother's father, James McDowell. Her father, Senator Benton, had been wanting a son, but went ahead and named her in honor of his father, Jesse Benton. Jessie was raised in Washington, D.C., more in the manner of a 19th century son than daughter, with her father, who was renowned as the "Great Expansionist," seeing to her early education...

Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854

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Editor and author. From the description of Letters of Anne Newport Royall, circa 1824-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015463 American author and publisher. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Messrs. Green & Jarvis, 1828 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22842649 ...