Erminia Thompson Folsom (November 6, 1878 December 31, 1967) was a woman suffragist and prison reformer active in Texas.
Folsom was born in 1878 in
Oswego, New York
Oswego () is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 16,921 at the 2020 census. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in Upstate New York, about 35 miles (55km) northwest of Syracuse. It promotes itself as "The Port C ...
to Allen Perez Folsom and
Mariana Thompson Folsom. She lived in
Austin, Texas from a young age, attended public schools there, and earned a
Bachelor of Science degree at the
University of Texas in 1907. She taught school in the Austin and
Fort Stockton, Texas areas. She followed her mother's example, spending much of her life as a social activist. She wrote and lectured about women's suffrage, assuming leadership positions with local and national advocacy groups. By 1919, she served the executive committee of the Texas Prison Association. She volunteered for presidential candidates and joined the temperance movement after the end of
Prohibition. She died on December 31 1967.
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1878 births
1967 deaths
American women's rights activists
Suffragists from Texas