Lidian Jackson Emerson

Lidian Jackson Emerson
Lidian Emerson with Edward Waldo Emerson
Born	Lydia Jackson (1802-09-20)September 20, 1802 Plymouth, Massachusetts
Died	November 13, 1892(1892-11-13) (aged 90) Concord, Massachusetts
Resting place	Concord, Massachusetts
Spouse	Ralph Waldo Emerson ​ ​ (m. 1835; died 1882)​
Children	Waldo Emerson Ellen Emerson Edith Emerson Forbes Edward Waldo Emerson

Lidian Jackson Emerson (born Lydia Jackson; September 20, 1802 – November 13, 1892) was the second wife of American essayist, lecturer, poet and leader of the nineteenth century Transcendentalism movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and mother of his four children. An intellectual, she was involved in many social issues of her day, advocating for the abolition of slavery, the rights of women and of Native Americans and the welfare of animals, and campaigned for her famous husband to take a public stand on the causes in which she believed.^[1]