Rebecca B. Spring letter to Olive Percival, and obituary, 1904-1911.
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850
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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent, writing for Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune, and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Born Sarah Margaret Fuller in Cambridge, Massa...
Percival, Olive, 1869-1945
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Olive Percival was an avid Los Angeles book collector who amassed ten thousand books as well as other collections of hats, dolls, daguerreotypes, silver, textiles, quilts, fans, book plates, Lalique, and Oriental art. From the description of Olive Percival diaries, 1889-1945. (Claremont Colleges Library). WorldCat record id: 57427518 Olive May Graves Percival was born July 1, 1869, near Sheffield, IL; moved to Los Angeles, CA, with her mother and sisters, 1887; worked as an ...
Spring, Rebecca Buffum
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Daughter of Arnold Buffum, Rebecca (1811-1911) married Marcus Spring (1810-1874) in approximately 1840. She a Quaker, he a philanthropic New York businessman, both became intensely involved in liberal political and social affairs and were part of the abolitionist, feminist, and transcendentalist movements. They were long-time friends of Fredrika Bremer, Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. Rebecca worked hard but unsuccessfully for abolitionist John Brown's acquittal...
