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Harriet B. Kells
Harriet B. Kells ( Coulson; 1842–1913) was an American educator and temperance movement in the United States, temperance activist, who served as President of the Mississippi State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and edited the National WCTU's organ. She was also a Women's suffrage in the United States, suffragist affiliated with the Mississippi Equal Rights Association, and a Reconstruction era, Reconstruction feminist. Early life and education Harriet (nickname, "Hattie") Barfield Coulson was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on April 19, 1842. Her parents were John Samuel Coulson (b. 1813) and Eliza Jane (Barfield) Coulson (b. 1817). Harriet's siblings were Anne, Emma, James, Mary, Joseph, Samuel, William, Benjamin, and Frances. She was educated at the Mississippi Female Institute and the Springfield Seminary. Career In 1864, she married William Henry Kells, at Natchez. She then served as a principal at Pass Christian, Mississippi, and was for a time principal of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez ( ) is the county seat of and only city in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 14,520 (as of the 2020 census). Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Natchez was a prominent city in the antebellum years, a center of cotton planters and Mississippi River trade. Natchez is some southwest of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, which is located near the center of the state. It is approximately north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, located on the lower Mississippi River. Natchez is the 25th-largest city in the state. The city was named for the Natchez tribe of Native Americans, who with their ancestors, inhabited much of the area from the 8th century AD through the French colonial period. History Established by French colonists in 1716, Natchez is one of the oldest and most important European settlements in the lower Mississippi River Valley. After the French lost the French and India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
