MILLER, Mrs. Emily Huntington
Emily Huntington Miller was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, on October 22, 1833. She was a writer from a young age, and she graduated from Oberlin College. <br /><br />In 1860, Emily married John E. Miller, whose career achievements included being a principal, a professor, and the publisher of <em>Little Corporal</em>, which later merged with <em>St. Nicholas</em>. Emily, John, and their children lived in Granville, Illinois, Plainfield, Illinois, Evanston, Illinois, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Emily wrote for and edited <em>Little Corporal</em>, and she contributed to newspapers and periodicals such as <em><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/33" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harper's Magazine</a></em>,<em><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Independent</a></em>, and <em>Our Young Folks</em>. A prolific author, Emily penned several books, including <em>The Royal Road to Fortune</em> (1869), <em>Hang Up the Baby's Stocking</em> (1870), <em>The Parish of Fair Haven</em> (1876), <em>What Tommy Did</em> (1876), <em>The Bears' Den</em> (1877), <em><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4517754;view=1up;seq=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Captain Fritz: His Friends and Adventures</a></em> (1877), <em>Summer Days at Kirkwood</em> (1877), <em>A Year at Riverside Farm</em> (1877), and <em>Little Neighbors</em> (1879). Also a lyricist, she wrote the words for <em><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015096689339;view=1up;seq=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Only Four! Song and Chorus </a></em>(1868), by George F. Root. In addition to her literary career, she was involved with missionary and Sunday school work for the Methodist Episcopal Church. From its start in 1874, Emily was active in the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. She also was an early temperance advocate. <br /><br />After John's death in 1882, Emily continued her literary activity. She wrote for various periodicals, including <em><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlantic Monthly</a></em> and <em>Ladies' Home Journal</em>,and published books of prose, poetry, and lyrics, including <em>Home Talks about the Word: For Mothers and Children</em> (1894), <em><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t9285290d;view=1up;seq=7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs from the Nest </a></em>(1894), <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433066650940;view=1up;seq=7" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>From Avalon, and Other Poems</em> </a>(1896), and <em>An Offering of Thanks</em> (1899). <br /><br />Emily became president of the Woman's College of Northwestern University in 1891, and served as president of the Chautauqua Woman's Club for several years. <br /><br />She passed away on November 2, 1913.<em><br /><br /></em>
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PLUMB, Levancia Holcomb
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<span>Levancia Holcomb Plumb was born in Sand Lake, NY on June 23, 1841. but she lived in Illinois for most of her life. She attended Oberlin College, graduating in 1861. On December 6, 1866, Levancia married Samuel H. Plumb in Lorain, OH. They became the parents of three daughters and a son, and he family lived in Streator, IL.</span><br /><br /><span>She was a well-respected businesswoman and bank president who was affiliated with </span><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/69" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Frances E. Willard<span> </span></a><span>and worked closely with </span><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/47" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Julia A. Ames</a><span>.</span><br /><br /><span>Levancia passed away in Streetor, IL, where she had lived for fifty years, on April 10, 1923.</span>
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STONE, Mrs. Lucy
Reformer Lucy Stone was born near West Brookfield, Massachusetts on August 13, 1818. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1847, with honors. <br /><br />Early in her career, she was an Antislavery lecturer, but Lucy's lifelong passion was advocating for women's suffrage. Lucy gave her first women’s rights lecture in Gardner in 1847. Very active in the cause, she founded the American Woman's Suffrage Association in 1869 with Mary Livermore, Julia Ward Howe, William Lloyd Garrison, George William Curtis, and other reformers. Lucy founded <a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/36" target="_blank">Woman’s Journal</a> and edited it for many years.<br /><br />Stone was married to Henry B. Blackwell, although she kept her own name, and was the mother of <a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/45" target="_blank">Alice Stone Blackwell</a>.<br /><br />Lucy passed away on October 18, 1893.
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