Joseph A. Dugdale correspondence 1841-1881.

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...

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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Anti-slavery advocate. From the description of Circular and letter, 1848 Jan. 21, Boston, to Rev. Mr. Russell, South Hingham. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 231311718 Abolitionist and reformer William Lloyd Garrison was founder of the Boston abolitionist paper, The Liberator, and the New England Anti-Slavery Society. From the description of Papers, 1835-1873 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007257 Abolitionist and lectur...

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

Carpenter, Cyrus Clay, 1829-1898

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Cyrus Clay Carpenter came to Iowa in 1854 and settled in Fort Dodge. There he was a teacher, surveyor and lawyer. He served in the first legislature elected after the state constitution of 1855 was adopted. During the Civil War he served in the Quartermaster's Corps. In 1866 he was elected Register of the State Land Office, then in 1871 he began the first of two terms as Iowa's governor. He later served as Second Comptroller of the Treasurey, Railroad Commissioner, and U.S. Congressman. He also ...

Mott, James, 1788-1868

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Abolitionist. From the description of Circular letter of James Mott, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454648 American abolitionist and advocate for women's rights. From the description of Autograph note signed : Philadelphia, 1858 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 640128449 ...

Iowa Peace Society.

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

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...

Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871

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Abolitionist; joined Pennsylvania Abolition Society in 1818; his home in Wilmington, Del. was a refuge for slaves and an Underground Railroad station which caused Md. to offer a reward of $10,000 for his arrest. Arrested in 1848, convicted, fined. Helped about 2,000 salves to escape. From the description of Deed of sale, 1832 March 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582919 Quaker abolitionist. From the description of Address to the colourd people of St. Helena...

Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896

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Quaker reformer devoted to social justice causes including the anti-salvery movement, the woman's rights movement, various peace movements, prison reform and aiding Indians. Dugdale was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Ohio and Pennsylvania before moving his family to a farm in Henry County, Iowa in 1862. Dugdale and his wife Ruth joined the Hicksite Friends Meeting at Prairie Grove, Iowa. Ruth and Joseph later moved into Mount Pleasant where the couple continued their social reform activities....

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...