Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898

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Matilda Joslyn Gage (b. Mar. 24, 1826, Cicero, NY–d. Mar. 18, 1898, Chicago, IL) was a prominent suffragist. Her father, Hezekiah Joslyn, was an abolitionist and his home was a station of the Underground Railroad. In 1845 she married Henry H. Gage, and had five children; her son-in-law was writer L. Frank Baum.

Gage became involved in the women's rights movement in 1852 when she decided to speak at the National Women's Rights Convention in Syracuse, NY. She served as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association (1875-1876). She wrote for various newspapers, reporting on the suffrage movement. In 1878, she bought the Ballot Box, a monthly journal of a Toledo(OH) suffrage association from Sarah R. L. Williams. Gage turned it into The National Citizen and Ballot Box.

In 1890, Gage established the Woman's National Liberal Union (WNLU) in reaction to the creation of National American Woman Suffrage Association. She wanted a more liberal and radical suffrage association and felt the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association became too conservative. She later became the editor of the official journal of the WNLU, The Liberal Thinker.

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referencedIn Laura Gordon papers, [ca. 1852-1882] Bancroft Library
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F., 1820-1907. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn National Woman Suffrage Association Centennial autograph book, 1876 Onondaga Historical Association. Research Center.
creatorOf Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, b. 1845. Papers of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, 1863-1925. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel J. May diary, 1869. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926. Papers, ca. 1849-1963 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Colby, Clara Bewick, 1846-1916. Papers, 1821-1985. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898. Scrapbooks, n.d. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898. Scrapbooks, n.d. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Records of the U.S. House of Representatives. 1789 - 2015. Petitions and Memorials. 1813 - 1968. Petition to Congress from Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joselyn Gage, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Center for Legislative Archives
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Fayetteville Free Library (Fayetteville, N.Y.). Local history collection, 1830-1984. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926. Papers, ca. 1849-1963 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Gage, Matilda Electa Josyln, 1826-1898. Papers, 1870-1970 South Dakota State Archives
referencedIn Heinzen, Henriette M. Biographical notes in commemoration of Fritz Anneke and Mathilde Franzis Giesler Anneke. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898. ALS, 1873 March 28 : Fayetteville, N.Y., to Mrs. Ann L. Quimby. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911, and Shattuck, Harriette Lucy Robinson, 1850–1937. Papers, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Garrison family. Garrison Family Papers, 1694-2005 Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn White, Stacey Ann. Matilda Joslyn Gage and the creation of Woman, Church, and State / by Stacey Ann White. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
creatorOf Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898. Papers, 1840-1974 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Papers of Matilda Joslyn Gage, 1840-1974 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson and Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898. Papers, 1840-1974 (inclusive) [microform]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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creatorOf "Appeal for a Sixteenth Amendment" from the National Woman Suffrage Association Center for Legislative Archives
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Chicago IL US
New York (State) NY US
Fayetteville NY US
Cicero NY US
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Religion
Suffrage
Astrology
Death
Fathers and sons
Finance, Personal
Health
Marriage
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and sons
Phrenology
School children
Spiritualism
Theosophy
Women
Women
Women's rights
Occupation
Activist
Authors
Suffragists
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Birth 1826-03-24

Death 1898-03-18

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