BASCOM, Mrs. Emma Curtiss

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Woman suffragist and reformer Emma Curtiss Bascom was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, on April 20, 1828. Her older sister Sophia Curtiss Hoffman is also in A Woman of the Century.

After having attended Great Barrington Academy, Pittsfield Institute, and Patapsco Institute, Emma taught at Kinderhook Academy and Stratford Academy.

Emma married John Bascom, a professor at Williams College, and became the mother of several children.  When John was appointed president of the University of Wisconsin in 1874, the family moved to Madison. 

While in Wisconsin, Emma was very involved with the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association, The Association for the Advancement of Women, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and The Woman's Centennial Commission for the State of Wisconsin.

Emma passed away in 1916 and is buried with John at the University of Wisconsin.

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