Jan. 16, 1856- Sept. 4, 1857
Scope and Contents
352 pages. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur’s daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women’s rights movement; and family relationships.
Subjects: Women--Diaries; Women teachers; Women--Education; Women in education; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Rochester Ladies’ Anti-slavery Society; Temperance; Women’s rights; Lectures and lecturing
Relevant locations: Rochester (N.Y.); Rush (N.Y. : Town); Lockport (N.Y.); Irondequoit (N.Y.)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research use.
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