Notes is exactly "<em>A Woman of the Century</em> lists Lepha's birth year as 1845, while WorldCat Identities lists it as 1844. Census records list her birth between 1840 and 1842."
Author, lecturer, and reformer Lepha Eliza Bailey was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on January 21, 1841. She began her writing career by contributing to newspapers. Lepha married Lewis Bailey in 1873 and started a family. They lived in Battle Creek…