Elizabeth Hussey Whittier

Elizabeth Hussey Whitter
Born(1815-12-07)December 7, 1815
DiedSeptember 3, 1864(1864-09-03) (aged 48)
Occupation(s)Poet, abolitionist
Organization(s)Female Anti-Slavery Society, Boston
RelativesJohn 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]

  1. ^ Whittier, John Greenleaf (1900). Snow-bound, and other autobiographic poems. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and company. p. 177.
  2. ^ "Elizabeth Hussey Whittier". Women In Peace. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. ^ Kennedy, William Sloane (1883). John Greenleaf Whittier; his life, genius, and writings. Boston: S. E. Cassino. pp. 49–51.
  4. ^ Whittier, John Greenleaf (1975). Pickard, John B. (ed.). The letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press (Harvard University Press). ISBN 9780674528307.

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