Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (born October 28, 1842 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † October 22, 1932 in Goshen , New York ) was an American speaker , author and activist . Among other things, she campaigned as a suffragette for women's rights and was an abolitionist . She was known for her emotionally upsetting speaking style.
Life
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was born into a Quaker family. Her father was an active abolitionist, but died of a heart attack in 1844. She grew up in poorer circumstances in Philadelphia. She attended the Friends' Select School of Philadelphia there and read a lot. She began to express herself on political issues early on. When she was fourteen she published an article in The Liberator .
In 1860 she spoke to the anti-slavery society in her hometown. Her 1861 Women's Rights and Wrongs speech resulted in numerous invitations to speak across New England . She lost a brief job at the Philadelphia Mint in 1861 after calling General George B. McClellan a traitor for a lost battle in the Civil War . After that she turned to the activity as a public speaker. With her style and because of her young age, she achieved considerable popularity as a speaker at times. During 1863 she appeared for the Republican Party . In 1864 she was able to address the United States Congress in the presence of Abraham Lincoln .
After the Civil War ended, she turned to adult education and made speeches across the United States on the issue of Reconstruction . She advocated a hard line against the southern states. She continued to talk about women's labor and wages, attacked Mormonism , talked about sexual diseases. In 1868 she published What Answer? , a book on marriage between blacks and whites. In 1876 she published a book on social reform with A Paying Investment and with A Ragged Register (of People, Places, and Opinions) she published her memoirs in 1879.
From 1876 she wrote several plays, some of which she also appeared in. Only the piece An American Girl (1880) had some success. In 1882 she initially withdrew from the public eye. In 1886 she returned briefly as a speaker for the Republicans, but her style did not meet with the desired approval, which is why she finally ended her public mapping.
In 1891 she was briefly admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Danville because of signs of mental instability . She successfully sued those responsible after her release. She spent the rest of her life in seclusion in New York.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Sara E. Polsky: Anna Elizabeth Dickinson. In: HistorysWomen.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American speaker, author, and activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1932 |
| Place of death | Goshen , New York |