PIONEER CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE DIES; REV. O. WILLIS
NATIONALLY KNOWN WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT BALTIMORE HOME FOLLOWING VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
BORN IN A LOG CABIN
The report says Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, a national campaigner for woman suffrage, died following a short illness. It recounts that she was born in a log cabin in Michigan on January 5, 1835, was ordained minister of the Universalist church in 1863, and in 1867 stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for equal rights for women, living to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
The woman reported dead is Olympia Brown Willis, an ordained minister of the Universalist church and a campaigner for woman suffrage.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25. (AP) - Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, National campaigner for woman suffrage died today following a short illness.
The Rev. Willis, in 1867, stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for "equal rights for women," and lived to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
Born in a log cabin at Prairie Ronde, Michigan, on January 5, 1835, of a family of New England patriots, she went east for her education in a Masachuetts seminary, and an Ohio college and the theological school of St. Lawrence University church at Malone, N. Y., was ordained a minister of the Universalist church at Ma-lone N. Y., in 1863, which was said to be the first instance of the ordination of a woman by a regularly constituted ecclesiastical body. Her eloquence and vigor in a number of pastorates in Vermont, Massachusetts and Con-
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PIONEER CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE DIES; REV. O. WILLIS
NATIONALLY KNOWN WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT BALTIMORE HOME FOLLOWING VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
BORN IN A LOG CABIN
The report says Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, a national campaigner for woman suffrage, died following a short illness. It recounts that she was born in a log cabin in Michigan on January 5, 1835, was ordained minister of the Universalist church in 1863, and in 1867 stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for equal rights for women, living to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
The woman reported dead is Olympia Brown Willis, an ordained minister of the Universalist church and a campaigner for woman suffrage.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25. (AP) - Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, National campaigner for woman suffrage died today following a short illness.
The Rev. Willis, in 1867, stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for "equal rights for women," and lived to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
Born in a log cabin at Prairie Ronde, Michigan, on January 5, 1835, of a family of New England patriots, she went east for her education in a Masachuetts seminary, and an Ohio college and the theological school of St. Lawrence University church at Malone, N. Y., was ordained a minister of the Universalist church at Ma-lone N. Y., in 1863, which was said to be the first instance of the ordination of a woman by a regularly constituted ecclesiastical body. Her eloquence and vigor in a number of pastorates in Vermont, Massachusetts and Con-
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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PIONEER CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE DIES; REV. O. WILLIS
NATIONALLY KNOWN WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT BALTIMORE HOME FOLLOWING VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
BORN IN A LOG CABIN
The report says Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, a national campaigner for woman suffrage, died following a short illness. It recounts that she was born in a log cabin in Michigan on January 5, 1835, was ordained minister of the Universalist church in 1863, and in 1867 stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for equal rights for women, living to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
The woman reported dead is Olympia Brown Willis, an ordained minister of the Universalist church and a campaigner for woman suffrage.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25. (AP) - Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, National campaigner for woman suffrage died today following a short illness.
The Rev. Willis, in 1867, stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for "equal rights for women," and lived to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
Born in a log cabin at Prairie Ronde, Michigan, on January 5, 1835, of a family of New England patriots, she went east for her education in a Masachuetts seminary, and an Ohio college and the theological school of St. Lawrence University church at Malone, N. Y., was ordained a minister of the Universalist church at Ma-lone N. Y., in 1863, which was said to be the first instance of the ordination of a woman by a regularly constituted ecclesiastical body. Her eloquence and vigor in a number of pastorates in Vermont, Massachusetts and Con-
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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PIONEER CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE DIES; REV. O. WILLIS
NATIONALLY KNOWN WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT BALTIMORE HOME FOLLOWING VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
BORN IN A LOG CABIN
The report says Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, a national campaigner for woman suffrage, died following a short illness. It recounts that she was born in a log cabin in Michigan on January 5, 1835, was ordained minister of the Universalist church in 1863, and in 1867 stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for equal rights for women, living to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
The woman reported dead is Olympia Brown Willis, an ordained minister of the Universalist church and a campaigner for woman suffrage.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25. (AP) - Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, National campaigner for woman suffrage died today following a short illness.
The Rev. Willis, in 1867, stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for "equal rights for women," and lived to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
Born in a log cabin at Prairie Ronde, Michigan, on January 5, 1835, of a family of New England patriots, she went east for her education in a Masachuetts seminary, and an Ohio college and the theological school of St. Lawrence University church at Malone, N. Y., was ordained a minister of the Universalist church at Ma-lone N. Y., in 1863, which was said to be the first instance of the ordination of a woman by a regularly constituted ecclesiastical body. Her eloquence and vigor in a number of pastorates in Vermont, Massachusetts and Con-
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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PIONEER CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE DIES; REV. O. WILLIS
NATIONALLY KNOWN WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT BALTIMORE HOME FOLLOWING VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
BORN IN A LOG CABIN
The report says Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, a national campaigner for woman suffrage, died following a short illness. It recounts that she was born in a log cabin in Michigan on January 5, 1835, was ordained minister of the Universalist church in 1863, and in 1867 stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for equal rights for women, living to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
The woman reported dead is Olympia Brown Willis, an ordained minister of the Universalist church and a campaigner for woman suffrage.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25. (AP) - Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, National campaigner for woman suffrage died today following a short illness.
The Rev. Willis, in 1867, stumped frontier Kansas in the first state campaign for "equal rights for women," and lived to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
Born in a log cabin at Prairie Ronde, Michigan, on January 5, 1835, of a family of New England patriots, she went east for her education in a Masachuetts seminary, and an Ohio college and the theological school of St. Lawrence University church at Malone, N. Y., was ordained a minister of the Universalist church at Ma-lone N. Y., in 1863, which was said to be the first instance of the ordination of a woman by a regularly constituted ecclesiastical body. Her eloquence and vigor in a number of pastorates in Vermont, Massachusetts and Con-
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 25, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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