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Anna Carroll, an Advisor to President Abraham Lincoln
Article from The Salisbury Times (now called The Delmarva Times), Salisbury, Maryland February 6, 1959 by Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr.Anna Ella, the daughter of Thomas King Carroll of Kingston Hall,...
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African American Shaker leaker, Philadelphian Rebecca Cox Jackson 1795-1871
Little is known of the early life of Rebecca Cox Jackson, an African American woman who became an eldress in the Shaker religion & founded a Shaker community in Philadelphia. Rebecca was born in...
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The Tragic Life of Katherine Chase Pratt (1875-1942)
John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925). Katherine Chase Pratt 1890 at the Worcester Art Museum, MassachusettsI have long wondered about the thoughtful young woman portrayed in these two John Singer Sargent...
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Charity Worker Isabella Marshall Graham 1742-1814
Isabella Marshall Graham, (1742-1814), teacher & early charitable worker, the daughter of John & Janet (Hamilton) Marshall, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, & grew up on an estate at...
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US Women Fighting For Equality - Quaker Lucretia Coffin Mott 1793-1880
Lucretia Coffin Mott in 1842 (1793–1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, social reformer, and proponent of women’s rights. She is said to be one of the first American feminists in the early 19th...
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Ellen "Nellie" Cashman (1845-1925) - Angel of the Mining Camps
Angel of the Mining CampsWomen, as well as men, traveled west in the 19C to pan for gold. One was an Irish immigrant named Nellie Cashman. A restless adventurer, Nellie ranged the West for 50 years...
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US Women Fighting for Equality - Abby Kelley Foster 1811-1887
“Go where least wanted, for there you are most needed.” A major figure in the national anti-slavery and women’s rights movements, she spent more than twenty years traveling the country as a tireless...
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Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Bringing in the DeerCornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in Rotterdam...
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US Women Fighting for Equality - Abby Price's Address US Women's Rights...
Read to the "Woman's Rights Convention," at Worcester, by Mrs. Abby H. Price 1814-1878, of Hopedale, Mass.In our account of the work of Creation, when it was so gloriously finished in the garden of...
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Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) At the Blacksmith's Shop 1871Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in...
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Winter in 19C America - James Brade Sword (American artist, 1839–1915)
James Brade Sword (American artist, 1839–1915) Winter Landscape
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US Women Fighting for Equality - The Grimke Sisters - Sarah 1792-1873 and...
Sarah Moor Grimke (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimke (1805-1879), abolitionists and woman’s rights pioneers, were born in Charleston, South Carolina. Sarah was the 6th of 14 children, Angelina the...
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Winter in 19C America - Eastman Johnson (American Painter, 1824-1906)
Eastman Johnson (American Painter, 1824-1906) On Their Way to Camp
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Women traveling in Winter on the Canadian Frontier - by Cornelius Krieghoff...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Winter Landscape 1849Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in Rotterdam...
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Winter in 19C America - William Charles Anthony Frerichs (Belgium-born...
William Charles Anthony Frerichs (Belgium-born American artist) Ice Skating
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US Women Fighting for Equality - Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) is perhaps the most widely known suffragist of her generation and has become an icon of the woman’s suffrage movement. Anthony traveled the country to give speeches,...
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US Women Fighting for Equality - Women's Rights Convention 1848 Seneca Falls,...
Report of the Woman's Rights Convention 1848A Convention to discuss the SOCIAL, CIVIL, AND RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF WOMAN, was called by the Women of Seneca County, N.Y., and held at the village of...
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1801 41-year-old Virginia Woman
1801 Jacob Frymire (c 1770-1822). Amelia Heiskell Lauck (1760-1842) of WinchesterThe artist Jacob Frymire (c 1770-1821), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, worked as an itinerant artist in Virginia &...
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1855 Country Life
Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier American Country Life 1855
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Lady Liberty in 19C America
In the 19th century, as the country grew and faced new challenges, Lady Liberty changed to reflect the times. Lady Liberty with an eagle holding a liberty cap and resting on a shield. Lady Liberty...
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