Elizabeth Hussey Whitter | |
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Died | September 3, 1864 | (aged 48)
Occupation(s) | Poet, abolitionist |
Organization(s) | Female Anti-Slavery Society, Boston |
Relatives | John Greenleaf Whittier (brother) |
Elizabeth Hussey Whittier (December 7, 1815 – September 3, 1864)[1] was an American poet and abolitionist, who founded the Female Anti-Slavery Society in Boston in 1833.[2] Alongside her mother, she is credited with encouraging her brother John Greenleaf Whittier's interests in literature and poetry, and was his close companion and collaborator until her death.[3][4]
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