Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905

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Mary Livermore, born Mary Ashton Rice, (December 19, 1820 – May 23, 1905) was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate of women's rights.

When the American Civil War broke out, she became connected with the United States Sanitary Commission, headquarters at Chicago, performing a vast amount of labor of all kinds—organizing auxiliary societies, visiting hospitals and military posts, contributing to the press, answering correspondence, and other things incident to the work done by that institution. She was one of those that helped organize the great fair in 1863, at Chicago, when nearly US$100,000 was raised, and for which she obtained the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation from President Lincoln, which was sold for $3,000.

When the war was over she instituted a paper called the Agitator, which was afterwards merged in the Woman's Journal. Of this, she was editor for two years and a frequent contributor thereafter. On the lecture platform, she had a remarkable career, speaking mostly in behalf of women's suffrage and the temperance movements. Many years, she traveled 25,000 miles (40,000 km) annually, speaking five nights each week for five months of the year.

Her printed volumes included: Thirty Years Too Late, first published in 1847 as a prize temperance tale, and republished in 1878; Pen Pictures; or, Sketches from Domestic Life, What Shall We Do with Our Daughters? Superfluous Women, and Other Lectures, My Story of the War. A Woman's Narrative of Four Years' Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps and at the Front during the War of the Rebellion. For Women of the Day, she wrote the sketch of the sculptress, Miss Anne Whitney; and for the Centennial Celebration of the First Settlement of the Northwestern States, at Marietta, Ohio, July 15, 1788, she delivered the historical address.

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referencedIn Lindseth collection of American woman suffrage, [ca. 1820-1920]. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Collection of autographed American correspondence, 1832-1969. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Papers of Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson and Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers, 1874-1910 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Julia Ward Howe papers, 1891-1898. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
referencedIn National American Woman Suffrage Association. National American Woman Suffrage Association records, 1839-1961 (inclusive), 1890-1930 (bulk), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Papers of Anna Howard Shaw in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1863-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter of Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, 1899. Library of Congress
referencedIn Lindseth, Jon A.,. Lindseth collection of American woman suffrage, [ca. 1820-1920]. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Horton, Elizabeth R. Papers. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Page, Mary Hutcheson, 1860-1940. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1892-1943 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter : Melrose, Mass., to Mr. [Sidney Homer?] Buttrick, 1899 Nov. 15. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Blackwell family. Papers, 1832-1981 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter from Mary Ashton Rice Livermore [manuscript], 1870. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Papers of Jane Gay Dodge, 1882-1951 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F., 1820-1907. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Curtis, Isabel Gordon, 1863-1914. Booklet of autograph recipes, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Kate Sessions Collection, 1876-1940 San Diego History Center Document Collection
referencedIn Sophia Smith Collection. Temperance Collection, 1832-1987. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Wendte, Charles William, 1844-1931. Papers, 1867-1931 (inclusive). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Mary A. Livermore autograph and quotation [manuscript], 1890 March 12, undated. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. [Letter, 1909]. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley, 1856-1921. Letter to H. P. Harrison. Chicago, IL. 1917 February 1. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Louisa May Alcott papers, 1849-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Autograph letter signed M.A. Livermore to: Prof. Whiting February 19, 1896. Wellesley College
referencedIn Page, Mary Hutcheson, 1860-1940. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1892-1943 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Mary Ware Dennett Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Autograph, n.d. Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries
referencedIn White, Sallie Elizabeth Joy. Papers, 1828-1936 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Mary Ware Dennett Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Curtis, Isabel Gordon, 1863-1914. Booklet of autograph recipes [manuscript], n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Autograph File, L, 1641-1976. Houghton Library
referencedIn Eliot, Christopher Rhodes, 1856-1945. Papers, 1872-1943 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn White, Sallie Joy, 1847-1909. Papers, 1828-1936 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Savage, Minot J. (Minot Judson), 1841-1918. Letter : Boston, to Mary A. Livermore, 1894 May 15. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter to [?]. Melrose, MA. 1894 Dec. 10. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Levy, Edward G.,. Edward G. and Hortense R. Levy Collection, 1829-1972 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn National American Woman Suffrage Association. National American Woman Suffrage Association records, 1839-1961 (inclusive), 1890-1930 (bulk), [microform]. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library
referencedIn Blackwell family. Papers, 1784-1944 (bulk: 1832-1939) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911, and Shattuck, Harriette Lucy Robinson, 1850–1937. Papers, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Temperance Collection 1832-1987 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930. Houghton Library
referencedIn Anonymous. Papers, 1700-1913 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Bent, Bartlett, 1829-1889. Bartlett Bent papers, 1831-1882. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Dowse, Aaron Coolidge, b. 1856. Correspondence, 1882-1922. American Antiquarian Society
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Autograph letter signed M.A. Livermore to: Miss Whiting April 3, 1892. Wellesley College
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Autograph letter signed Mary A. Livermore to: Prof. Whiting March 6, 1896. Wellesley College
referencedIn Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926. Papers, ca. 1849-1963 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891) Houghton Library
referencedIn Woman's rights collection, 1853-1958 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893. Letters, 1850-1893 (bulk: 1876-1893) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Parsons, Frank, 1854-1908. Frank Parsons papers, 1888-1908 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895. Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter, 1894, April 20, Melrose, Mass., to Louise P. Bates. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Papers, 1870-1904 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter, 1901 April 4, Melrose [to] Mrs. Ward. Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries
referencedIn Dodge, Henry Nehemiah, 1843-1937. Papers, 1857-1962 (inclusive), 1857-1936 (bulk). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
referencedIn Blackwell family. Papers, 1832-1981 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1882-1951 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. Letter, 1884. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter [manuscript] : Melrose, to Mrs. Thompson, 1895 December 6. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Barrows family papers, 1861-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. ALS, 1886 May 7 : Melrose, [Massachusetts], to Mrs. Start. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Lutz, Alma, 1890-1973. Collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901. Papers, 1847-1905 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Wells, Dora, 1862-1948. Dora Wells papers, 1870-1943. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Hollander, Maria Theresa Baldwin, 1820-1885. Papers, 1835-1884 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Wendte, Charles William, 1844-1931. Papers, 1867-1931 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
creatorOf Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. Autograph letter signed : "The Round Table" [Boston], to Mrs. [Mary Ashton Rice] Livermore, 1892 May 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926. Papers, ca. 1849-1963 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, 1845-1925. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1870-1939 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Heinzen, Henriette M. Biographical notes in commemoration of Fritz Anneke and Mathilde Franzis Giesler Anneke. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1857-1962. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Autograph letter signed Mary A. Livermore to: Prof. Whiting March 12, 1896. Wellesley College
referencedIn Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901. Papers, 1847-1905 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Papers of Anna Howard Shaw in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1863-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911, and Shattuck, Harriette Lucy Robinson, 1850–1937. Papers, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Cantwell, John Simon. Papers, 1804-1907. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Frank Parsons papers, 1888-1908 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Phillips Brooks papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1700-1913 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn National American Woman Suffrage Association Records, 1839-1961, (bulk 1890-1930) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Lutz, Alma, 1890-1973. Collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Gould, Elizabeth Porter, 1848-1906. Papers, 1890-1904 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter, Melrose, Mass., to Mrs. Skinner. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Autograph letter signed M.A.Livermore to: Mrs. Palmer January 21, 1891. Wellesley College
referencedIn Carr, Jeanne C. Smith. Papers of Jeanne C. Smith Carr, 1842->1903. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. Bowditch Family Papers, 1712-1927. Peabody Essex Museum
referencedIn Universalist Club of Boston. Records, 1884-1954 (inclusive). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
referencedIn Levy, Edward G. and Hortense R. Collection, 1829-1972 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Mary A. Livermore Collection, 1870 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Diaz, Abby Morton, 1821-1904. ALS : Belmont [Mass.], to [Mary] Livermore, 1889 Aug. 30. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Blackwell family. Papers, 1784-1944 (bulk: 1832-1939) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, b. 1845. Papers of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, 1863-1925. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Marshall, Andrew, Mrs. Papers, 1871-1884 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Eliot, Christopher Rhodes, 1856-1945. Papers, 1872-1943 (inclusive). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
creatorOf Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Correspondence with Miss Dyer, Oct. 12, 1889, "Josie", Feb. 2, 1895, and Mrs. Oliver, Melrose, Dec. 14, 1897, Mrs. Banlett, Boston, Dec. 29, 1878, Mr. Bacon, Feb. 1, 1901, Mrs. Fannie Pratt, Jan. 30, 1893-Dec. 16, 1904, Jno. C. Maker, Melrose, June 25, 1893, Bro. Dearborn / Mary A. Livermore. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, b. 1845. Series II of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1870-1939 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949. Barrett assorted authors collection, 1814-1947 University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Woman's rights collection, 1853-1958 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Records of the First Lady's Office (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Christine Macy's Files, 1998 - 1999 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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referencedIn Mary A. Livermore National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Petition for Woman Suffrage from Residents of Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts Center for Legislative Archives
referencedIn "Objections to Woman Suffrage Answered," by Henry Blackwell Center for Legislative Archives
referencedIn Circular Letter from the Woman's Protest Committee on the Statehood Bill Center for Legislative Archives

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