Exceptional women of the 19th century
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12wonderY
Doing some LT work yesterday on the Lippincott series, I discovered Anna Garlin Spencer.
Just from the books she had written, she didn't at first impress me. But looking for a photo and other sources - I became amazed.
Where do I start? As a teen, she joined the women's suffrage movement; she was one of the signers of "the Call" which was seminal in the formation of the NAACP, she was an ordained minister; an advocate of sex education and active in all sorts of peace and philanthropy actions.
From a geneology page:
"In the years 1891 - 1902, Anna had a long list of service and involvement in religious, social and political activities from her base in Rhode Island. She was a member of the Board of the Rhode Island State Home and School for Dependent Children; Vice President of the Providence Society for Organizing Charity; Chair of the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; Vice President of the Free Kindergarten Association; member of the Women's Christian Temperance Movement (Providence Chapter); member of the Board of Directors for the Free Religious Association and delegate to the Unitarian Convention, the World Parliament of Religions and the Free Religious Association. Somehow, with all this involvement and the raising her daughter, Anna also found time to write. Over the years, she had numerous publications and books to her credit in newspapers, magazines and the likes of the Journal of Sociology, Popular Science Monthly and others.
In 1902, the Spencers moved to New York City where their daughter Lucy started a career in theater. Ever active, Anna became an Associate Director of the New York School of Philanthropy (later known as the New York School of Social Work before it was merged into Columbia University as its School of Social Work). Anna lectured at the School of Philanthropy until 1912. She also was Associate Director of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Among her later academic pursuits, she was a lecturer on Social Service at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago. From 1913 - 1918, she was Professor of Sociology and Ethics at Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania and she was a special lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University from 1920 until her death."
Let's remember and honor her.
Just from the books she had written, she didn't at first impress me. But looking for a photo and other sources - I became amazed.
Where do I start? As a teen, she joined the women's suffrage movement; she was one of the signers of "the Call" which was seminal in the formation of the NAACP, she was an ordained minister; an advocate of sex education and active in all sorts of peace and philanthropy actions.
From a geneology page:
"In the years 1891 - 1902, Anna had a long list of service and involvement in religious, social and political activities from her base in Rhode Island. She was a member of the Board of the Rhode Island State Home and School for Dependent Children; Vice President of the Providence Society for Organizing Charity; Chair of the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; Vice President of the Free Kindergarten Association; member of the Women's Christian Temperance Movement (Providence Chapter); member of the Board of Directors for the Free Religious Association and delegate to the Unitarian Convention, the World Parliament of Religions and the Free Religious Association. Somehow, with all this involvement and the raising her daughter, Anna also found time to write. Over the years, she had numerous publications and books to her credit in newspapers, magazines and the likes of the Journal of Sociology, Popular Science Monthly and others.
In 1902, the Spencers moved to New York City where their daughter Lucy started a career in theater. Ever active, Anna became an Associate Director of the New York School of Philanthropy (later known as the New York School of Social Work before it was merged into Columbia University as its School of Social Work). Anna lectured at the School of Philanthropy until 1912. She also was Associate Director of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Among her later academic pursuits, she was a lecturer on Social Service at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago. From 1913 - 1918, she was Professor of Sociology and Ethics at Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania and she was a special lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University from 1920 until her death."
Let's remember and honor her.
2lilithcat
Ha! The minute you said she was an ordained minister, I figured she'd be a Unitarian or Universalist
3fuzzi
>1 2wonderY: busy lady!
While reading one of my recent ER books, I was reminded of just how involved in local organizations Laura Ingalls Wilder was. She also traveled to other areas of the country to give speeches and talks. Anyone read a biography of this author?
A couple years ago I discovered that the mother in the Cheaper by the Dozen books was very accomplished and busy after she became a widow. There's even a biography of her that I put on my wish/TBR list, Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth: A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen by Jane Lancaster. Oh, and I see I also have her autobiography on my TBR too: As I Remember: An Autobiography by Lillian Gilbreth.
While reading one of my recent ER books, I was reminded of just how involved in local organizations Laura Ingalls Wilder was. She also traveled to other areas of the country to give speeches and talks. Anyone read a biography of this author?
A couple years ago I discovered that the mother in the Cheaper by the Dozen books was very accomplished and busy after she became a widow. There's even a biography of her that I put on my wish/TBR list, Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth: A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen by Jane Lancaster. Oh, and I see I also have her autobiography on my TBR too: As I Remember: An Autobiography by Lillian Gilbreth.
