Palmer, Fanny Purdy, 1839-1923

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Name (Latin)
Palmer, Fanny Purdy, 1839-1923
Date of birth
1839-07-11
Date of death
1923
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q106665938
Library of congress: no2017132441
Sources of Information
  • Find a grave memorial, viewed online October 10, 2017(Fanny Purdy Palmer, 1839-1923)
  • Palmer, Fanny Purdy. A list of Rhode Island literary women, (1726-1892), with some account of their work, 1893:title page (Fanny Purdy Palmer)
  • Willard, Frances E. and Mary A. Livermore. A woman of the century, 1893, via Google books, viewed online October 10, 2017:pages 555-556 (Palmer, Mrs. Fanny Purdy, author; born in New York, N.Y. 11 July 1839; married Dr. William H. Palmer & October 1862; from 1876 to 1884 served as a member of the Providence school committee; several years she was secretary of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association; 1891-92 she was president of the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union; 1884 to 1894 president of the Rhode Island Women's Club and a director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs)