A Rhode Island Original: Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougallUniversity Press of New England, 2004 - 187 pages Frances Harriet Whipple (1805-1878) was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, She gained early recognition for her poems that appeared in local papers, and in 1829 published The Original, establishing herself as one of America's first female editors. Almost a decade later she wrote one of the few published narratives about a free black woman, The Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge. In her middle years, Whipple turned to spiritualism, leaving Providence to write for numerous spiritualist publications in New York City. By this time she had married and divorced Charles Green - an unusual step for a woman in the mid-nineteenth century. Whipple moved from the East Coast to California in 1861. She served briefly on the board of the first female typographical union in San Francisco and at the age of fifty-seven married her second husband, a gold miner who had been a California assemblyman and brother of the state's second governor. O'Dowd, deftly contextualizing her analysis of Whipple's key works in nineteenth century politics and culture, has created a fascinating portrait of a woman well ahead of her time. |
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Page 81
... Green , became one of the largest and most impor- tant contributors to the new paper . She was deeply interested in the enterprise , and at once sought a home in the editor's family , where she remained for several years in the most ...
... Green , became one of the largest and most impor- tant contributors to the new paper . She was deeply interested in the enterprise , and at once sought a home in the editor's family , where she remained for several years in the most ...
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... Green also coedited with Brittan from 1848 to 1849 a New York monthly , the Young People's Journal , of Science ... Green's . In its early issues the journal made some attempts to appeal directly to children , with a poem about Santa ...
... Green also coedited with Brittan from 1848 to 1849 a New York monthly , the Young People's Journal , of Science ... Green's . In its early issues the journal made some attempts to appeal directly to children , with a poem about Santa ...
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... Green's influence . The " coun- try paper " in Stamford was beginning to look like the Wampanoag . The November 13 issue starts with a poem by Whittier , followed by a short story , " The Hermit , " by the former Smithfield , Rhode ...
... Green's influence . The " coun- try paper " in Stamford was beginning to look like the Wampanoag . The November 13 issue starts with a poem by Whittier , followed by a short story , " The Hermit , " by the former Smithfield , Rhode ...
Contents
The Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge | 19 |
A New Age of Reform | 32 |
The Wampanoag and Operatives Journal | 63 |
Copyright | |
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