Brown, Emma, 1827-1889 | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Brown, Emma, 1827-1889

Brown, Emma, 1827-1889 | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Co-founder of the journal "Wisconsin Chief" and the first successful woman editor and publisher in Wisconsin; her paper supported the temperance movement and women's suffrage. View more information elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org.

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[Source: McBride, Genevieve G. On Wisconsin women. (Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993): McBride, Genevieve G. Title: On Wisconsin women : working for their rights from settlement to suffrage / Genevieve G. McBride. Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1993.' pps 37-38, 63-64]