Harriet Purvis, Jr.

Harriet Purvis, Jr. also known as Hattie Purvis (1839 – 1904) was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist and a member of the temperance movement.[1] She was part of the second generation of American suffragists.[2] Purvis, Jr. worked closely with Susan B. Anthony.[1]

Harriet Purvis Jr.
Born1839
Died1904
Other namesHattie Purvis Jr.
EducationFriends Eagleswood School, Raritan Bay Union
Known foractivist, abolitionist, suffragist
Parents
RelativesCharles Burleigh Purvis (brother),
Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (aunt),
Margaretta Forten (aunt)

Biography

She was born in 1839 to activists Harriet Forten Purvis and Robert Purvis.[1] She was the granddaughter of James Forten.[3] She grew up in a household that was center of the Pennsylvania's Underground Railroad.[1] She attended school at Friends Eagleswood School and Theodore Dwight Weld's Raritan Bay Union school in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.[1]

She was a member of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and worked to raise funds.[1] She attended the 1866 National Woman's Rights Convention and became a member of the American Equal Rights Association (AERA).[1] She served as secretary for AERA from 1866 until 1869.[1][4] She was on the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage Association.[1] She was a delegate and the first African American president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association.[1]

She died on April 4, 1904 in Watertown, Massachusetts.[5]

References
  1. "Key Figures, Shining a Light on Black Women's Activism, Harriet Purvis, Jr". Black Womens Suffrage. Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. "The suffragettes of 1880-1890: simultaneously pursuing racial justice alongside the landmark right to vote". Power In Place. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  3. Julie Winch. "Hariet Davy Forten Purvis". The Elite of Our People: Joseph Willson's Sketches of Black Upper-Class Life in Antebellum Philadelphia. Penn State Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 0-271-04302-4.
  4. Hine, Darlene Clark; Brown, Elsa Barkley; Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn (1993). Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Carlson Pub. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-926019-61-4.
  5. "Obituary: Purvis". Newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 7 April 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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