Dialogue on Jane Grey Swisshelm 1975.

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Dialogue on Jane Grey Swisshelm 1975.

Materials include a transcription of a speech given by David and Lois Fowler before the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania on April 2, 1975.

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Fowler, David John

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Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon, 1815-1884

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Swisshelm was a journalist, reformer, and women's rights advocate. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, 1878. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007366 Jane Grey Swisshelm was born in Pittsburgh in 1815. She worked as a teacher until her marriage to James Swisshelm. They built a home outside of Wilkinsburg and called it Swissvale. She had a talent for writing and worked for abolition and woomen'...

Fowler, Lois Josephs

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Jane Grey Swisshelm was born in Pittsburgh in 1815. She worked as a schoolteacher until her marriage. They built a home outside of Wilkinsburg and named it 'Swissvale". She became an abolitionist. She became Pittsburgh's first newspaperwoman as owner and writer for the Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor. She died in 1884. From the description of Dialogue on Jane Grey Swisshelm 1975. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 52644968 ...