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Julia Ann Sears was born to Constant and Deborah Chipman Sears on March 19, 1839, in East Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. [2] Julia was the second youngest of six siblings: Thankful Snow, Emily, Sarah R., Betsey Thomas, and Amanda. [2] Her mother had another daughter, who died in 1832. [2] Julia had no uncles or brothers. [2]
Morgan, the daughter of Charles Bill Morgan and Eliza Woodland Parmelee Morgan, was born on January 20, 1872, the second of five children. Her mother, Eliza, grew up as the indulged daughter of Albert O. Parmelee, a cotton trader and millionaire who financially supported the couple when they moved to San Francisco. [8]
Ella Ewing was born in La Grange, Missouri, the only child of Benjamin F. and Anna Eliza (Herring) Ewing. [1] While a toddler, Ella's family moved to the small Scotland County community of Rainbow, southeast of Gorin, Missouri. She was of normal size while a baby and young child, with the first signs of any abnormality appearing shortly after ...
August 11 – Lowell Mason, organist and composer (born 1792) September 18 – Augustus Seymour Porter, U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1840 to 1845 (born 1798) September 22 – Garrett Davis, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1861 to 1872 (born 1801) October 10 – William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 (born 1801)
In 1872, Victoria Woodhull and Frederick Douglass were nominated for president and vice president [2] respectively for the Equal Rights Party. The National Equal Rights Party ( NERP ) was a United States minor party during the late 19th century that supported women's rights . [ 3 ]
Anita Florence Hemmings (June 8, 1872 – 1960) was known as the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar College. [1] As she was of both African and European ancestry, she passed as white for socioeconomic benefits.
Aside from her career in politics and civic service, Williams was also heavily influential with United States women's clubs. [2] Established in 1924, Williams was a charter member of the Southeast Federation of Colored Women's Club, and during the same year she became the president of the Georgia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. [2]
Louisa Martindale was born in Leytonstone, Essex, the first child of William Martindale (c. 1832 –1874) and his second wife Louisa (née Spicer).The family had a Congregational Church background.Her mother, "a champion of a larger life for women", [1] was an active suffragist and a member of the Women's Liberal Federation, and of the executive committee of the National Union of Women's ...