Frances Ellen Burr
Born(1831-06-04)June 4, 1831
Hartford, Connecticut
DiedFebruary 9, 1923(1923-02-09) (aged 91)
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Frances Ellen Burr (June 4, 1831 - February 9, 1923) was an American suffragist and writer from Connecticut.

Biography

Burr was born on June 4, 1831, in Hartford, Connecticut, and was the youngest of fourteen children.[1][2] Her brother went on to publish the progressive newspaper, the Hartford Times.[3]

Burr attended the 4th National Women's Rights Convention held in Cleveland in 1853.[1] After getting enough petitions, she introduced a suffrage bill in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1867 that was defeated by a fairly narrow vote, giving her hope for women's suffrage in the state.[3][4] In 1869, she was one of several suffragists to call for the first suffrage convention held in Connecticut.[4] At the convention, she and Isabella Beecher Hooker founded the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association (CWSA).[1] Over the next 41 years, Burr would serve as the recording secretary of CWSA.[1]

Later, she and Emily Parmely Collins started the Hartford Equal Rights League in 1885.[5]

Burr was a contributor to The Woman's Bible, and one of eight women who wrote "special commentaries" for the book.[6][7]

Burr died in her Hartford, Connecticut home on February 9, 1923.[8] Her body was placed in a vault in Spring Grove Cemetery.[9] In 2020, she was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 2020.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Frances Ellen Burr". CT Women’s Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  2. ^ "Frances Ellen Burr Dies Pioneer Suffragist of Conn". Record-Journal. 1923-02-10. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Campbell, Susan (2013). Tempest-tossed : the spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker. Internet Archive. Wesleyan University Press: Middletown, Connecticut. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-8195-7340-7.
  4. ^ a b Nichols 1983, p. 6.
  5. ^ Anthony 1902, p. 536.
  6. ^ Kern, Kathi (2001). Mrs. Stanton's Bible. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-8014-3191-3. OCLC 46795705.
  7. ^ Nichols 1983, p. 56.
  8. ^ Muskic, Meliha; Jackie, Katelyn. "Biographical Sketch of Frances Ellen Burr". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
  9. ^ "Funeral of Miss Frances E. Burr Tomorrow". Hartford Courant. 1923-02-11. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.

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