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Susan H. Wixon
Susan H. Wixon (October, 1839 - August 28, 1912) was an American freethought writer, editor, feminist, and educator of the long nineteenth century. She was a member of the Fall River, Massachusetts, Fall River School Board for 24 years. Wixon especially espoused the cause of women and children. In both politics and religion, she held radical views. She was the author of ''Apples of gold, and other stories for boys and girls'' (1876), ''Summer days at Onset'' (1887), ''Woman : four centuries of progress'' (1893), ''Sunday observance, or, How to spend Sunday'' (1893), ''Right living'' (1894), ''All in a lifetime : a romance'' (1894), and ''Some familiar places'' (1901). Early life and education Susan Helen Wixon was born in Dennis Port, Massachusetts, Dennisport, a neighborhood in Dennis, Massachusetts, in October, 1839. She was of Welsh descent. Her parents were Captain James Wixon and Bethia Smith Wixon. Wixon was a good student and, before she was thirteen years old, she was teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Of The Century
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''a'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Greek alphabet#History, Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The Letter case, uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, "English articles, a", and its variant "English articles#Indefinite article, an", are Article (grammar)#Indefinite article, indefinite arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
