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Helen Pitts Douglass (1838–1903) was an American suffragist, known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass. She also created the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, [1] which became the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site .
On the morning of January 25, 1884, Jane Pitts woke up to newspaper headlines that her daughter Helen, without her knowledge, had married the famous abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass.
31 de ene. de 2019 · Born Helen Pitts (1838–1903), Helen Pitts Douglass was a suffragist and a North American 19th-century Black activist. She is best known for marrying politician and North American 19th-century Black activist Frederick Douglass, an interracial marriage considered surprising and scandalous at the time.
Nacida como Helen Pitts (1838-1903), Helen Pitts Douglass fue una sufragista y activista negra norteamericana del siglo XIX. Es mejor conocida por casarse con el político y activista negro norteamericano del siglo XIX Frederick Douglass, un matrimonio interracial considerado sorprendente y escandaloso en ese momento.
11 de mar. de 2013 · Helen Pitts Douglass was one of the very first of these passionate women in preservation. As the daughter of parents who were both active in abolitionist and suffragist movements, Helen developed early on a determination to stand up for what she believed in.
15 de mar. de 2023 · March 15, 2023. Home - Mourning in the Morning - Helen Pitts Douglass – Advocate, Wife, Keeper of the Flame. While the interracial marriage between Helen Pitts of Honeoye, NY, and Frederick Douglass, pre-eminent leader of Nineteenth-Century Black America, scandalized many in the country and in Douglass’ family, Helen’s life had ...
15 de sept. de 2023 · Helen Pitts Douglass. Helen Pitts was born into an abolitionist family in Honeoye, New York, in 1838. She worked for racial equality and women's rights, eventually finding employment as a clerk in Frederick Douglass's office in the 1880s. Helen and Frederick married in 1884, after Anna's death.
