https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/files/original/b2b07069c7277ee57ec150e33c08aca2.jpg 29a3fcc22d5babf9d438f15a19300db8 https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/files/original/c41996ce40dfcd837d5e2df93382bf7c.jpg 0c7b93771f23e68d1b66a3802a1b86ea https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/files/original/952134b30a579a2528c222986a3830ff.jpg 868d30341ca2aa45b70589208fa8b67e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Woman of the Century  Women Subject The topic of the resource Women in Willard and Livermore's A Woman of the Century Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McMaster, MaryKate Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cerqueira, Danielle Chaisson, Jackie Cook, Brittany N. Diallo, Binta Del Vecchio, Lauren Ellis, Mallory Hoops, Katharine McMaster, MaryKate Miller, Robbin Morrissey, Carla B. Morrissey, Margaret Mushinsky, Jackie Osher, Alana Parton, Katy Ravitz, Amy Skoog, Susan Tirone, Trish Vezeau, Keith Williamson, Emily Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource McMaster, MaryKate Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Page(s) in WOC Page numbers for the woman's biographical sketch in A Woman of the Century. <a href="https://archive.org/details/womanofcenturyfo00will/page/224/mode/1up?q=Dabbs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">224</a> WorldCat Identity The individual's WorldCat Identity. See: http://worldcat.org/identities/ <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/np-dabbs,%20ellen%20lawson$1853/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dabbs, Ellen Lawson 1853-</a> Name in WOC The individual's name as listed in A Woman of the Century DABBS, Mrs. Ellen Lawson Gender The gender of the individual. Female Birth Date The individual's birth date. Ex: February 14, 2017 April 25, 1853 Birth Year The year of the individual's birth 1853 Birthplace The individual's birthplace. Ex: North Oxford, MA Mount Enterprise, TX (in country home five miles east of Mount Enterprise, TX) State or Country of Birth If the individual was born in the United States, add the two letter designation for the state. If the individual was born outside of the United States, add the appropriate three letter designation TX Nationality The nationality of the individual. American Lived or Visited Abroad Did the individual live in or visit a country outside of the United States? No Education Places where the individual went to school. Please list each school in a separate box, from earliest to latest. Furlow Masonic College (Americus, GA) College of Physicians and Surgeons (Keokuk, Iowa) School of Midwifery (St. Louis, MO) Marital Status Marital Status of the individual as listed in A Woman of the Century Married Parent Did they individual have children? Yes Occupation(s) in WOC Occupation(s) of the woman listed at the beginning of her A Woman of the Century biographical sketch physician Occupational Categories Broad occupational categories that the individual participated in. Please check as many as apply Medicine Education Business/Banking Writing/Publishing Reform Women's Rights Temperance Politics/Government Religion/Missionary Organization Organizations the individual was affiliated with Industrial Union Woman's Christian Temperance Union Woman's Southern Council Texas Woman's Press Association Woman's Congress (Texas) Texas Farmers' Alliance (delegate at the St. Louis convention) Texas Equal Rights Association Woman's Board of Missions Business Businesses the individual created and/or was affiliated with Clerk for J.W. Dabbs (merchant) Conventions Did the individual participate in a convention? Yes Event Venue Locations of events (concerts, conventions, exhibitions, lectures, theatrical performances, etc.) associated with the individual Industrial Union (St. Louis, MO), Feb. 1892 State Woman's Christian Temperance Convention (Dallas, TX), May 1892 Places Resided Places the woman lived during her lifetime. Please add these in chronological order in one box here, then add in separate boxes in the Location category below. Mt. Enterprise, TX; Gilmer, TX; Americus, GA; Sulphur Springs, TX; Keokuk, IA; St. Louis, MO; Fort Worth, TX Location (Address, City/Town, State [if USA] or Country) Location Please add all available information for one location in the order listed above. For additional locations, please use separate boxes. Mt. Enterprise, TX Gilmer, TX Americus, GA Sulphur Springs, TX Keokuk, IA St. Louis, MO Fort Worth, TX Personal Network Individuals mentioned as connected to the woman within the individual's A Woman of the Century biographical sketch and any other sources. Acheson, S. C., Mrs., 1844-1899 Becton, Edwin Pinckney, 1823-1901 Dilworth, Grace Dilworth, Louise Fry, Elizabeth Turner Hayes, Rebecca Henry Lawson, Henry M. Miner, Isadore Osterhout, John Patterson, 1826-1903 Winkler, Angelina Virginia URL <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85032018/1894-02-14/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The advocate. (Topeka, Kan.), February 14, 1894, Page 5, Image 5</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090270/1898-05-25/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1789&index=1&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shiner gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), May 25, 1898, Image 6</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-03-30/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1789&index=2&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), March 30, 1894, MAILABLE EDITION., Page 6, Image 6</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088296/1894-09-20/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&index=3&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.), September 20, 1894, Image 4</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1904-11-13/ed-1/seq-18/#date1=1789&index=4&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.), November 13, 1904, PART II, Image 18</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1894-09-25/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&index=5&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Salt Lake herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah), September 25, 1894, Page 2, Image 2</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-10-07/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=6&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), October 07, 1894, MAILABLE EDITION., Page 3, Image 3</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1894-09-25/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&index=7&rows=20&words=Dabb+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The morning call. (San Francisco [Calif.]), September 25, 1894, Image 1</a> <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt/search?q1=dabbs&id=wu.89060740628&view=1up&seq=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The History of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. (Houston, Dealy-Adey-Elgin co., printers), 1919-41, Pages 8 & 99</a> <a href="https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/59366/31295003551628.pdf?...1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Melissa Gilbert Wiedenfeld, Women in the Texas Farmers' Alliance (M.A. thesis, Texas Tech University, 1983).</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088296/1893-07-13/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1777&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Ellen+L&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Ellen+L.+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.), July 13, 1893, Image 8</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1891-05-27/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Ellen+L&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Ellen+L.+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), May 27, 1891, Page 2, Image 2</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1900-06-15/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1777&index=2&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Ellen+L&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Ellen+L.+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.), June 15, 1900, Page 9, Image 9</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042104/1898-10-21/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1777&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Dr+Ellen&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Dr.+Ellen+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.), October 21, 1898, Image 1</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-03-30/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1777&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Dr+Ellen&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Dr.+Ellen+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), March 30, 1894, MAILABLE EDITION., Page 6, Image 6</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1898-10-21/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1777&index=2&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Dr+Ellen&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Dr.+Ellen+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.), October 21, 1898, Page 5, Image 5</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-03/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1777&index=3&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+DrEllen&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Dr.+Ellen+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), February 03, 1892, Image 1</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Dr+E+L&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Dr.+E.+L.+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), February 02, 1892, Page 2, Image 2</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1891-06-23/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1777&index=7&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dabbs+Dr+E+L&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Dr.+E.+L.+Dabbs&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), June 23, 1891, Page 3, Image 3</a> <a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255550/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Letter from Ellen Lawson Dabbs to John Patterson Osterhout, March 6, 1899]</a> <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193704344/ellen-dabbs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ellen Lawson Dabbs Find A Grave</a> Birth Name The individual's birth name Lawson, Ellen Occupation An occupation or activity the individual participated in. Please put each occupation or activity in a separate box. Physician Teacher Editor Writer Generation A ten year period within which this person's birth falls. Generations begin on the 1 and end on the 0. For example, 1811-1820. 1851-1860 Periodical Periodicals the individual was affiliated with and/or contributed to NATIONAL ECONOMIST Notes Add additional information about the woman in this box. According to Melissa Gilbert Wiedenfeld's thesis, "Susan B. Anthony acknowledged Dabbs's work for equal rights and included her in The History of Woman Suffrage." Bibliography Resource used while compiling the item. <ul class="plain"> <li>The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.), 14 Feb. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85032018/1894-02-14/ed-1/seq-5/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85032018/1894-02-14/ed-1/seq-5/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.), 25 May 1898. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090270/1898-05-25/ed-1/seq-6/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090270/1898-05-25/ed-1/seq-6/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 30 March 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-03-30/ed-1/seq-6/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-03-30/ed-1/seq-6/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.), 20 Sept. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088296/1894-09-20/ed-1/seq-4/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088296/1894-09-20/ed-1/seq-4/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.), 13 Nov. 1904. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1904-11-13/ed-1/seq-18/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1904-11-13/ed-1/seq-18/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]), 25 Sept. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1894-09-25/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1894-09-25/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 07 Oct. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-10-07/ed-1/seq-3/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-10-07/ed-1/seq-3/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]), 25 Sept. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1894-09-25/ed-1/seq-1/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1894-09-25/ed-1/seq-1/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.), 13 July 1893. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088296/1893-07-13/ed-1/seq-8/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088296/1893-07-13/ed-1/seq-8/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 27 May 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1891-05-27/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1891-05-27/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.), 15 June 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1900-06-15/ed-1/seq-9/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1900-06-15/ed-1/seq-9/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.), 21 Oct. 1898. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042104/1898-10-21/ed-1/seq-1/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042104/1898-10-21/ed-1/seq-1/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 30 March 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-03-30/ed-1/seq-6/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1894-03-30/ed-1/seq-6/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.), 21 Oct. 1898. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1898-10-21/ed-1/seq-5/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1898-10-21/ed-1/seq-5/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 03 Feb. 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-03/ed-1/seq-1/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-03/ed-1/seq-1/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 02 Feb. 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 02 Feb. 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1892-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.), 23 June 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1891-06-23/ed-1/seq-3/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071158/1891-06-23/ed-1/seq-3/</a>></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Dabbs, Ellen Lawson [Letter from Ellen Lawson Dabbs to John Patterson Osterhout, March 6, 1899], letter, March 6, 1899; (<a id="citation-permalink" href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255550/" class="ark__cite--permalink">https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255550/</a>: accessed April 24, 2021), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, <a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/">https://texashistory.unt.edu</a>; crediting Austin College.</li> </ul> <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193704344/ellen-dabbs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ellen Lawson Dabbs Find A Grave</a> Death Date The individual's death date Ex: February 14, 2017 If only the year is known, please list the year. August 19, 1908 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource DABBS, Mrs. Ellen Lawson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ravitz, Amy McMaster, MaryKate Description An account of the resource Ellen Lawson Dabbs, M.D. knew from<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1904-11-13/ed-1/seq-18/#date1=1789&index=4&rows=20&words=Dabbs+Ellen+Lawson&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=ellen+lawson+dabbs&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> personal experience</a> how important it was for women to get an education and have a profession, so she accepted leadership positions in various organizations, knowing that her voice would be heard on women's rights and other key issues well beyond Texas. Some of those organizations were the Texas Woman's Press Association, the Industrial Union, and the Texas Equal Rights Association. During her career, she also clerked for her husband, merchant Joseph Wilkes Dabbs, presented at <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858028562951;view=1up;seq=337" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conferences</a>, and wrote for the National Economist. Ellen found time for all of these activities while also being a wife and mother.   Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant POINT(-10538857.985609 3752658.8093107)|14|-10539295.1098650|3752537.3610246|osm Ellen Lawson Dabbs was born in her country home, five miles east of Mount Enterprise, TX, on April 25, 1853. 1853-1860 Angelina Virginia Winkler April College of Physicians and Surgeons editor Education Edwin Pinckney Becton Elizabeth Turner Fry Ellen Lawson Dabbs Furlow Masonic College Isadore Miner mother newspaper owner physician Physicians Rebecca Henry Hayes Reform Religion/Missionary suffrage teacher Temperance Texas Texas Equal Rights Association Texas Woman's Press Association TX Wife Woman's Board of Missions Woman's Christian Temperance Union Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Texas Woman's Congress Woman's Southern Council Women's Rights