Slavery

Sarah Hoding on the Mammoth

In: 18th Century Women, Authors, Poets, Writing

Tagged: British, Critics, journaling, Mammoth, Slavery

British-born Sara Hoding (1798 to ?) has left little markRead More →

Ona Judge on Freedom

In: 17th Century Women, Abolition, Women's Rights, Writing

Tagged: Book Review, Colonial American, Martha Washington, Slavery

This is a special guest post in honor of BlackRead More →

Jane Grey Swisshelm on Congressional Behavior

In: 19th Century Women, Abolition, Activists, Authors, Civil War, Journalists, Women's Rights, Writing

Tagged: Compromise of 1850, Congressional reporting, Slavery

JANE GREY SWISSHELM (December 6, 1815 -July 22, 1884) wasRead More →

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin on Congenial Souls

In: 19th Century Women, Civil War, Journalists, Women's Rights

Tagged: American Civil War, Slavery, Suffrage, Women's Clubs

Born in Boston, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) grew upRead More →

Caroline Wells Healey Dall on Truth

In: 19th Century Women, Authors, Literature, Religion, Women's Rights

Tagged: Female Education, Slavery, suffragist

I am not the first, nor will I be theRead More →

Laura Towne on Repairing Books

In: 19th Century Women, Abolition, Civil War, Education

Tagged: Slavery, Teaching, Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania

Laura Matilda Towne was a trained homeopathic physician. However, she was also an abolitionist. When calls went out for volunteers to help the freed slaves in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Towne volunteered to go.Read More →

Eliza Grier on Struggle

In: 19th Century Women, Medicine

Tagged: Female Education, Slavery, Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania

Born a slave and freed by the 13th Amendment, Dr. Eliza Ann Grier, at first, set out to become a teacher. Then she set her sights higher.Read More →

Sarah Josepha Hale on Beginning a Novel

In: 18th Century Women, 19th Century Women, Authors, Writing

Tagged: Editor, Female Education, Novelists, Poetry, Recipe, Slavery, Thanksgiving, Woman's Rights, writing a novel

Widow, Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1877) wrote and worked to support her family. As editor of first the American Lady’s Book and then Godey’s Lady Book she was arbitrator of American fashion and letters for over forty years.Read More →