Sarah Catherine Fraley Hallowell or Sarah Cresson Fraley Hallowell (1833–1914) was an American journalist. She was editor of ''The New Century for Women'', editor of the '' Public Ledger'' in Philadelphia and founder and first president of the New Century Club.

Personal life

Sarah Catherine Fraley, born on July 8, 1833, was the daughter of Frederick Fraley, who was the Western Savings Fund president. For 21 years he served as the president of the

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, the second longest serving president behind

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. Her mother was Jane Chapman Cresson Fraley and her siblings were Elizabeth, Mercy and Joseph. Hallowell was the second wife of Joshua Longstreth Hallowell (1819-1875), whose brother was abolitionist and businessman, Morris Longstreth Hallowell. They had a daughter, Jean Fraley Hallowell. The family lived in

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and were on Philadelphia's Social Register. She was related by marriage to art curator and exhibition organizer Sarah Tyson Hallowell.

Career

Hallowell was editor of ''New Century for Women'', editor of the '' Public Ledger'' in Philadelphia and founder and first president of the New Century Club. She attended the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and a member of the Pennsylvania Women's Suffrage Association.

''New Century for Women''

''New Century for Women'' was an eight-page weekly paper created and managed by the Women's Centennial Executive Committee of Philadelphia. It was "devoted to the Industrial interest of women" by promoting choice, equal pay for equal work, and greater financial and social autonomy.

New Century Club

The New Century Club was a woman's organization that was established in 1877 to improve the lives of women. It had committees for working women, municipal affairs and self-education. Rather than portraying the opinions of the "radical" viewpoints of some of its members, the Hallowell, its first president, said that they only "whispered... helogic of suffrage." As the organization evolved, they moved into social reform.

''Public Ledger''

Hallowell was the associate editor, literary editor, and writer of "Household" for the ''Public Ledger''. She was at the ''Ledger'' for 18 years. beginning in 1877.

Death

She died on March 17, 1914, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was buriedSarah Cresson Fraley Hallowell. Died March 19, 1914. "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915." Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records." at Woodland Cemetery.Sarah Cresson Fraley Hallowell.
Woodland Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

Published works

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