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

New York

Adams, NY

BABCOCK, Mrs. Emma Whitcomb

April 24, 1849

author

Available

p. 41

Adams, NY

HOLLEY, Miss Marietta

July 16, 1836

humorist

Needs additional research and synthesis

p. 386

Albany, NY

BARNES, Miss Catharine Weed

photographer and editor

Available

p. 54-55

Albany, NY

TOWNSLEY, Miss Frances Eleanor

Baptist minister

Available

p. 721

Alden, NY

BATEHAM, Mrs. Josephine Penfield Cushman

temperance reformer

In progress

p. 62

Alfred, Allegany County, NY

BREWSTER, Miss Flora A.

physician and surgeon

Available

p. 119

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Almond, NY

BREWSTER, Miss Cora Belle

physician and surgeon

In progress

p. 118-119

Athens, NY

CARSON, Mrs. Delia E.

educator

Available

p. 156

Ballston Spa, NY

COOK, Miss Amelia Josephine

litterateur

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p. 203

Bethpage, NY

BRAEUNLICH, Mrs. Sophia

business manager

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p. 115-116

Bloomfield, NY

JONES, Miss Amanda T.

poet and inventor

Available

p. 424

Brighton, Monroe County, NY

SMITH, Mrs. Mary Louise Riley

poet

Available

p. 669

Bristol, NY

COLLINS, Mrs. Emily Parmely

woman suffragist

Available

p. 193-194

Brooklyn, NY

BERGEN, Mrs. Cornelia M.

philanthropist

Available

p. 78

Brooklyn, NY

BRADFORD, Mrs. Mary Carroll Craig

correspondent

Available

p. 113

Brooklyn, NY

CHURCHILL, Lady Randolph

social leader and politician

In progress

p. 175

Brooklyn, NY

CRANE, Mrs. Ogden

concert singer and musical educator

Available

p. 214

Brooklyn, NY

DODD, Mrs. Anna Bowman

author

Available

p. 246-247

Brooklyn, NY

KIPP, Mrs. Josephine

author

In progress

p. 438-439

Brooklyn, NY

ROHLFS, Mrs. Anna Katharine Green

poet and novelist

Available

p. 620

Brooklyn, NY

VAN ZANDT, Miss Marie

October 8, 1861

opera singer

Available

p. 732-733

Buffalo, NY

CLEVELAND, Mrs. Frances Folsom

wife of Stephen Grover Cleveland,  22nd Pres. U.S.

Available

p. 183

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Caledonia, NY

OLMSTED, Mrs. Elizabeth Martha

poet

In progress

p. 548

Canandaigua, NY

AMES, Mrs. Fanny B.

industrial reformer

Available

p. 22-23

Cazenovia, NY

COOPER, Mrs. Sarah Brown Ingersoll

educator, author and evangelist

Available

p. 206-207

Centerville, NY

ALLERTON, Mrs. Ellen Palmer

poet

Available

p. 21

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Churchville, NY

WILLARD, Miss Frances Elizabeth

educator, reformer and philanthropist

In progress

p. 777-781

Cicero, NY

GAGE, Matilda Joslyn

woman suffragist

Available

p. 309-310

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Clifton Park, NY

BENEDICT, Miss Emma Lee

November 16, 1857

author and educator

In progress

p. 73-74

Clinton, NY

BOND, Mrs. Elizabeth Powell

Dean of Swarthmore College

In progress

p. 104

Clinton, NY

DEYO, Rev. Amanda

Universalist minister and peace advocate

Available

239-240

Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, NY

BAILEY, Mrs. Hannah J.

philanthropist and reformer

Available

p. 44-45

De Ruyter, NY

SEVERANCE, Mrs. Juliet H.

physician

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p. 642-643

Dewitt Township,near Syracuse

READ, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bunnell

journalist and woman suffragist

Available

p. 600-601

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East Hampton, NY

BEECHER, Catharine Esther

author and educator

In progress

p. 70-71

Ellisburgh, NY

AMORY, Mrs. Estelle Mendell

educator and author

Available

p. 24-25

Elmira, NY

COBB, Mrs. Mary Emilie

educator and philanthropist

Available

p. 185-186

Elmira, NY

CONVERSE, Mrs. Harriet Maxwell

author and philanthropist

Available

p. 200-201

Farmersville, Cattaraugus County, NY

DOOLITTLE, Mrs. Lucy Salisbury

October 7, 1832

philanthropist

Available

p. 252-253

Homer, NY

BLOOMER, Mrs, Amelia

woman suffragist

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p. 99-100

Independence, NY

CLARKE, Mrs. Mary Bassett

author

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p. 177-178

Ithaca, NY

DRAKE, Mrs. Priscilla Holmes

woman suffragist

Available

p. 260

Milton, NY

FOOTE, Mrs. Mary Hallock

author and artist

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p. 295

Millville, now Yaphank, NY

BOOTH, Miss Mary Louise

author, translator, and editor

Available

p. 107-108

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Minisink, NY

BARRY, Mrs. Susan E.

army nurse

In progress

p. 58-59

Mount Morris, NY

HOWELL, Mrs. Mary Seymour

August 29, 1844

lecturer and woman suffragist

Available

p. 397

New Rochelle, NY

SANGSTER, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth

author and editor

Available

p. 632

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New York, NY

ABBATT, Miss Agnes Dean

artist

In progress

p. 1-2

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New York, NY

COUES, Mrs. Mary Emily Bennett

woman suffragist

In progress

p. 210-211

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New York, NY

CRABTREE, Miss Lotta

actor

In progress

p. 212

New York, NY

DODGE, Mrs. Mary Mapes

author and editor

Available

p. 248-249

New York, NY

FRYATT, Miss Frances Elizabeth

author and specialist in art as applied to the house

Available

p. 306-307

New York, NY

LAZARUS, Miss Emma

July 22, 1849

poet and author

In progress

p. 454-455

New York, NY

PALMER, Mrs. Fanny Purdy

July 11, 1839

author

Available

p. 555-556

New York, NY

STEARNS, Mrs. Sarah Burger

November 30, 1836

woman suffragist and reformer

Available

p. 680-681

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Oswego, NY

WRIGHT, Mrs. Julia McNair

author

In progress

p. 804

Palermo, Oswego County, NY

ADSIT, Mrs. Nancy H.

art-lecturer

Available

p. 9-10

Panama, NY

NASH, Mrs. Mary Louise

educator

Available

p. 531

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Pompey, Onondaga County, NY

LIPPINCOTT Mrs. Sara Jane

author

In progress

p. 465

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Ransomville, NY

MCCULLOCH, Mrs. Catharine Waugh

June 4, 1862

lawyer

In progress

p. 485

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Rochester, NY

ALDEN, Mrs. Isabella Macdonald

author

In progress

p. 13-14

Rochester, NY

SMITH, Mrs. Lura Eugenie Brown

journalist

Available

p. 667

Rouse's Point, NY

CONNER, Mrs. Elizabeth Marney

dramatic reader and educator

Available

p. 200

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Sand Lake, NY

PLUMB, Mrs. L. H.

financier

In progress

p. 576

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Saratoga Springs, NY

PEEKE, Mrs. Margaret Bloodgood

author

In progress

p. 564

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Seneca, NY

TELFORD, Mrs. Mary Jewett

army nurse

In progress

p. 707-709

Sodus, NY

RUDE, Mrs. Ellen Sergeant

author and poet

Available

p. 624-625

Syracuse, NY

HICKS, Mrs. Mary Dana

October 7, 1862

educator

Available

p. 377

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Tompkins County, NY

YOUNG, Mrs. Sarah Graham

army nurse

In progress

p. 810

Troy, NY

SMITH, Mrs. Jeanie Oliver

poet and romancist

Available

p. 665

Watertown, NY

WALTON, Mrs. Electa Noble Lincoln

May 12, 1824

educator, lecturer, and woman suffragist

Available

p. 744-745

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Westford, NY

ALDRICH, Mrs. Flora L.

doctor of medicine

In progress

p. 15-16