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Rosetta Douglass-Sprague (June 24, 1839 – November 25, 1906) was an American teacher and activist. She was a founding member of the National Association for Colored Women. Her mother was Anna Murray Douglass and her father was Frederick Douglass.
Abolitionist and social reformer Rosetta Douglass (1839-1906) continued a family legacy of activism that began in New Bedford with her parents, Frederick and Anna Murray Douglass.
Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Born in New Bedford, Rosetta Douglass Sprague (1839-1906) later recalled, ‘The early days were spent in daily toil, the wife at the wash board, the husband with saw, buck and axe.’.
She was a Black teacher and activist. She was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to Anna Murray-Douglass and Frederick Douglass. When she was five, she moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, with her parents. She was the eldest of five children.
9 de feb. de 2022 · Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Rosetta Douglass Sprague was born in 1839 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. When she was 6, she was sent to stay with Abigail and Lydia Mott, of Albany, New York, to...
Frederick Douglass Project: Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Daughter of Frederick Douglass, born June 24, 1839. In 1845, the Rochester Board of Education voted to close the public schools to black students.
11 de feb. de 2024 · Rosetta Douglass Sprague was the daughter of famed activist and abolitionist Frederick Douglass and wife Anna Douglass. She was born in New Bedford, MA on June 24, 1839. As an abolitionist, educator, and social reformer, Rosetta Douglass continued a family legacy of activism that began in New Bedford.
