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A Woman of the Century:   A Crowdsourcing Project of the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries

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ABBOTT, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson

educator

Lowell, MA

In progress

p. 2

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ACHESON, Mrs. Sarah C

temperance worker

Washington, PA

Needs additional research and synthesis

p. 3-4

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AGASSIZ, Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot

naturalist

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 10

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ALCOTT, Miss Louisa May

author

Germantown, PA

In progress

p. 12-13

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ALDEN, Mrs. Isabella Macdonald

author

Rochester, NY

In progress

p. 13-14

ALDRICH, Mrs. Josephine Cables

author and philanthropist

Litchfield, County, CT

Available

p. 16

ALLEN, Mrs. Elizabeth Akers

poet

Strong, Franklin County, ME

In progress

p. 18-19

ALLEN, Mrs. Mary Wood

physician, author and lecturer

Delta, OH

Available

p. 20-21

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AMES, Miss Julia A.

editor and temperance reformer

Odell, Livingston County, IL

In progress

p. 23

ANDREWS, Mrs. Marie Louise

story writer and journalist

Bedford, IN

Available

p. 28

ARNOLD, Mrs. Harriet Pritchard

author

Killingly, CT

Available

p. 32-33

AYER, Mrs. Harriet Hubbard

business woman and journalist

Chicago, IL

Available

p. 39-40

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BAILEY, Mrs. Lepha Eliza

author and lecturer

Battle Creek, Michigan

In progress

p. 45

BALL, Mrs. Isabel Worrell

pioneer woman journalist of the West

Hennepin, IL

Available

p. 49-50

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BALLOU, Miss Ella Maria

stenographer

Wallingford, VT

In progress

p. 51

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BANTA, Mrs. Melissa Elizabeth Riddle

poet

Cheviat, OH

In progress

p. 52-53

BARROW, Mrs. Frances Elizabeth

author

Charleston, SC

Available

p. 57

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BATES, Mrs. Clara Doty

author

Ann Arbor, MI

In progress

p. 63

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BAYLOR, Miss Frances Courtenay

author

Fayetteville, AR

In progress

p. 66

BEAUMONT, Mrs. Betty Bentley

August 9, 1828

author and merchant

Lancastershire, ENG

Available

p. 68

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BEECHER, Catharine Esther

author and educator

East Hampton, NY

In progress

p. 70-71

BELCHER, Mrs. Cynthia Holmes

journalist

Lunenburgh, VT

Available

p. 72

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BENEDICT, Miss Emma Lee

author and educator

Clifton Park, NY

In progress

p. 73-74

BENNETT, Mrs. Adelaide George

poet

Warner, NH

Available

p. 75

BENTON, Mrs. Louisa Dow

linguist

Portland, ME

Available

p. 77

BIERCE, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth

journalist

Sweden, ME

Available

p. 82

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BISHOP, Mary Agnes Dalrymple

journalist

Springfield, MA

In progress

p. 86

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BLACKWELL, Miss Alice Stone

journalist

Orange, NJ

In progress

p. 90

BOLTON, Mrs. Sarah Knowles

author

Farmington, CT

Available

p. 101-102

BONHAM, Mrs. Mildred A.

traveler and journalist

Magnolia, IL

Available

p. 105-106

BOTTA, Mrs. Anne Charlotte Lynch

author

Bennington, VT

Available

p. 108

BOUTON, Miss Emily St. John 

journalist

New Canaan, CT

Available

p. 109

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BROTHERTON, Mrs. Alice Williams

author

Cambridge, IN

In progress

p. 124-125

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BROWN, Miss Emma Elizabeth

author

Concord, NH

In progress

p. 126-127

BUMSTEAD, Mrs. Eudora Stone

poet

Bedford, MI

Available

p. 136

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BURLINGAME, Mrs. Emeline S.

editor and evangelist

Smithfield, RI

In progress

p. 136-137

BURNETT, Miss Cynthia S.

educator and temperance reformer

Hartford, OH

Available

p. 137

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BURNHAM, Mrs. Clara Louise

novelist

Newton, MA

In progress

p. 139

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CAMERON, Mrs. Elizabeth

editor

Niagara, Ontario, CAN

In progress

p. 146

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CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. Florence Byrne

poet

Galena, IL

In progress

p. 157-158

CASE, Mrs. Marietta Stanley

author and temperance advocate

Thompson, CT

Available

p. 160

CHURCHILL, Miss Lide A.

none listed (telegrapher. stenographer, and author)

Harrison, ME

Available

p. 174-175

CLARKE, Mrs. Mary Bassett

author

Independence, NY

Available

p. 177-178

CLARKE, Miss Rebecca Sophia 

author

Norridgewock, ME

Available

p. 178-179

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COCHRANE, Miss Elizabeth

author, journalist and traveler

Cochrane Mills, PA

In progress

p. 186-187

COIT, Miss Irene Williams

none listed in A Woman of the Century; education reformer and author

Norwich, CT

Available

p. 189-190

COOKE, Mrs. Rose Terry

author

Hartford, CT

Available

p. 204

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COOLBRITH, Mrs. Ina Donna

poet

Nauvoo,  IL

In progress

p. 204-205

CULTON, Miss Jessie F.

journalist

Henry, IL

Available

p. 219

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DALL, Mrs. Caroline Wells

author

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 226

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DELETOMBE, Miss Alice S.

poet

Gallipolis, OH

In progress

p. 238-239

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DIGGS, Mrs. Annie Le Porte

politician and journalist

London, Ontario, CAN

In progress

p. 244

DOLE, Mrs. Phoebe Cobb Larry

poet

Gorham, ME

Available

p. 250-251

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DORR, Mrs. Julia C. R.

poet

Charleston, SC

In progress

p. 253

DOUGLAS, Miss Alice May

poet and author

Bath, ME

Available

p. 255-256

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DWYER, Miss Bessie Agnes

journalist

Nueces County, TX

In progress

p. 266-267

ELLIOTT, Mrs. Maud Howe

novelist

Boston, MA

Available

p. 275

FAIRBANKS, Miss Constance

journalist

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CAN

Available

p. 282

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FEARING, Miss Lillian Blanche

lawyer and poet

Davenport, IA

In progress

p. 286

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FIELD, Mrs. Martha R.

journalist

New Orleans, LA

In progress

p. 288-289

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FIFIELD, Mrs. Stella A. Grimes

journalist

Paw Paw, MI

In progress

p. 289

FLETCHER, Miss Alice Cunningham

ethnologist

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 293

FOOTE, Mrs. Mary Hallock

author and artist

Milton, NY

Available

p. 295

FORD, Mrs. Miriam Chase

musician and journalist

Boston, MA

Available

p. 295-296

FRANK, Miss Rachel

author

San Francisco, CA

Available

p. 299-300

FRYATT, Miss Frances Elizabeth

author and specialist in art as applied to the house

New York, NY

Available

p. 306-307

GILES, Miss Anne H.

philanthropist

Prairie du Chien, WI

Available

p. 319-320

GORDON, Mrs. S. Anna

physician and author

Charlemont, MA

Available

p. 327-328

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HANAFORD, Rev. Phebe Anne

Universalist minister and author

Nantucket, MA

In progress

p. 355-356

HARPER, Mrs. Ida A.

journalist

Fairfield, IN

Available

p. 358

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HIGGINSON, Mrs. Ella Rhoads

poet and author

Council Grove, KS

In progress

p. 378

HODGINS, Miss Louise Manning

author and educator

Ipswich, MA

Available

p. 382-383

HUNT, Mrs. Mary H.

temperance reformer

Litchfield, CT

In progress

p. 404-405

JACK, Mrs. Annie L.

horticulturist

Northamptonshire, ENG

Available

p. 413-414

JEWETT, Miss Sarah Orne

author

South Berwick, ME

Available

p. 420

KEITH, Miss Eliza D.

journalist

San Francisco, CA

Available

p. 431

KIPP, Mrs. Josephine

author

Brooklyn, NY

In progress

p. 438-439

KIRK, Mrs. Ellen Olney

novelist

Southington, CT

Available

p. 439

KNOX, Mrs. Adeline Trafton

author

Saccarappa, ME

Available

p. 440-441

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LEONARD, Anna Byford

sanitary reformer

Mount Vernon, IN

In progress

p. 457

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LIPPINCOTT Mrs. Sara Jane

author

Pompey, Onondaga County, NY

In progress

p. 465

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LOUGHEAD, Mrs. Flora Haines

author

Milwaukee, WI

In progress

p. 475

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MILLER, Mrs. Emily Huntington

author and educator

Brooklyn, CT

In progress

p. 505-506

MILLER, Mrs. Minnie Willis Baines

author

Lebanon, NH

Available

p. 506-507

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MOULTON, Mrs. Louise Chandler

poet and author

Pomfret, CT

In progress

p. 526-527

NORRAIKOW, Countess Ella

author

Toronto, CAN

Available

p. 540

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OLMSTED, Mrs. Elizabeth Martha

poet

Caledonia, NY

In progress

p. 548

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PARKHURST, Mrs. Emelie Tracy Y. Swett

poet and author

San Francisco, CA

In progress

p. 558

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PEEKE, Mrs. Margaret Bloodgood

author

Saratoga Springs, NY

In progress

p. 564

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PERRY, Miss Nora

poet

Dudley, MA

In progress

p. 567

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POST, Mrs. Caroline Lathrop

poet and author

Ashford, CT

In progress

p. 584

ROBINSON, Mrs. Jane Bancroft

author and educator

West Stockbridge, MA

In progress

p. 615-616

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SEDGWICK, Miss Catharine Maria

author

Stockbridge, MA

In progress

p. 639

SEELYE, Mrs. Elizabeth Eggleston

author

St. Paul, MN

Available

p. 639-640

SHAW, Miss Emma

author and traveler

Thompson, CT

Available

p. 649-650

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SIGOURNEY, Mrs. Lydia Huntley

author

Norwich, CT

In progress

p. 656-657

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SMITH, Miss Helen Morton

journalist

Sullivan Harbor, ME

In progress

p. 664

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SPOFFORD, Mrs. Harriet Prescott

author

Calais, ME

In progress

p. 673-674

STOWE, Mrs. Harriet Beecher 

author

Litchfield, CT

In progress

p. 696-697

STRANAHAN, Mrs. Clara Harrison

author

Westfield, MA

In progress

p. 698

TAYLOR, Mrs. Sarah Katherine Paine

evangelist and temperance worker

Danielsonville, CT

Available

p. 706-707

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THORPE, Mrs. Rose Hartwick

poet

Mishawaka, IN 

In progress

p. 715

TODD, Miss Adah J.

author and educator

Redding, Fairfield County, CT

Available

p. 717

TODD, Mrs. Letitia Willey

poet

Tolland, CT

Available

p. 717-718

TOUSSAINT, Miss Emma

July 13, 1862

author and translator

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 719-720

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WAIT, Mrs. Anna C.

woman suffragist

Medina County, OH

In progress

p. 736

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WALLACE, Mrs. Susan Arnold Elston

author

Crawfordsville, IN

In progress

p. 742

WALSWORTH, Mrs. Minnie Gow

poet

Dixon, IL

Available

p. 743

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WEBSTER, Miss Helen L.

professor of comparative philology in Wellesley College

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 756

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WEISS, Mrs. Susan Archer

poet, author and artist

Hanover County, VA

In progress

p. 756-757

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WETHERALD, Miss Agnes Ethelwyn

poet, novelist and journalist

Rockwood, Ontario, CAN

In progress

p. 762

WILLARD, Mrs. Emma

educator

Berlin, CT

In progress

p. 777

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WILLARD, Miss Frances Elizabeth

educator, reformer and philanthropist

Churchville, NY

In progress

p. 777-781

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WINSLOW, Mrs. Celeste M. A.

author

Charlemont, MA

In progress

p. 791

WRIGHT, Mrs. Julia McNair

author

Oswego, NY

In progress

p. 804

YATES, Miss Elizabeth U.

lecturer

Bristol, ME

Available

p. 807

Writing/Publishing