Elizabeth Hussey Whitter | |
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| Born | December 7, 1815 |
| Died | September 3, 1864 (aged 48) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, abolitionist |
| Organization(s) | Female Anti-Slavery Society, Boston |
| Relatives | John Greenleaf Whittier (brother) |
Elizabeth Hussey Whittier (December 7, 1815 – September 3, 1864)[1] was an American poet and abolitionist, who founded the Female Anti-Slavery Society in Boston in 1833.[2] Alongside her mother, she is credited with encouraging her brother John Greenleaf Whittier's interests in literature and poetry, and was his close companion and collaborator until her death.[3][4]
- ^ Whittier, John Greenleaf (1900). Snow-bound, and other autobiographic poems. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and company. p. 177.
- ^ "Elizabeth Hussey Whittier". Women In Peace. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ Kennedy, William Sloane (1883). John Greenleaf Whittier; his life, genius, and writings. Boston: S. E. Cassino. pp. 49–51.
- ^ Whittier, John Greenleaf (1975). Pickard, John B. (ed.). The letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press (Harvard University Press). ISBN 9780674528307.