Frances Ellen Burr
{{Hatnote|For the American artist born in 1890 with a similar name, see Frances Burr.}}{{Infobox person
| name = Frances Ellen Burr
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1831|06|04}}
| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1923|02|09|1831|06|04}}
| signature = Frances Ellen Burr Signature.jpg
}}
Frances Ellen Burr (June 4, 1831 - February 9, 1923) was an American suffragist and writer from Connecticut.
Biography
Burr was born on June 4, 1831, in Hartford, Connecticut, and was the youngest of fourteen children.{{Cite web |title=Frances Ellen Burr |url=https://www.cwhf.org/inductees/frances-ellen-burr |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=CT Women’s Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=1923-02-10 |title=Frances Ellen Burr Dies Pioneer Suffragist of Conn. |pages=12 |work=Record-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112960890/record-journal/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |via=Newspapers.com}} Her brother went on to publish the progressive newspaper, the Hartford Times.{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Susan |url=http://archive.org/details/tempesttossedspi0000camp |title=Tempest-tossed : the spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker |date=2013 |publisher=Middletown, Connecticut |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-8195-7340-7 |location=Wesleyan University Press |pages=92}}
Burr attended the 4th National Women's Rights Convention held in Cleveland in 1853. After getting enough petitions, she introduced a suffrage bill in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1867 that was defeated by a fairly narrow vote, giving her hope for women's suffrage in the state.{{Sfn|Nichols|1983|p=6}} In 1869, she was one of several suffragists to call for the first suffrage convention held in Connecticut.{{Sfn|Nichols|1983|p=6}} At the convention, she and Isabella Beecher Hooker founded the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association (CWSA). Over the next 41 years, Burr would serve as the recording secretary of CWSA.
Later, she and Emily Parmely Collins started the Hartford Equal Rights League in 1885.{{Sfn|Anthony|1902|p=536}}
Burr was a contributor to The Woman's Bible, and one of eight women who wrote "special commentaries" for the book.{{Cite book |last=Kern |first=Kathi |url=https://archive.org/details/mrsstantonsbible0000kern/page/2/mode/2up?q=%22frances+ellen+burr%22 |title=Mrs. Stanton's Bible |date=2001 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=0-8014-3191-3 |location=Ithaca |pages=2 |oclc=46795705}}{{Sfn|Nichols|1983|p=56}}
Burr died in her Hartford, Connecticut home on February 9, 1923.{{Cite journal |last1=Muskic |first1=Meliha |last2=Jackie |first2=Katelyn |title=Biographical Sketch of Frances Ellen Burr |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009656370 |journal=Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 |via=Alexander Street}} Her body was placed in a vault in Spring Grove Cemetery.{{Cite news |date=1923-02-11 |title=Funeral of Miss Frances E. Burr Tomorrow |pages=8 |work=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112961048/hartford-courant/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 2020, she was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 2020.
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= Sources =
- {{Cite book |last=Anthony |first=Susan B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbZVAAAAYAAJ&q=ohio |title=The History of Woman Suffrage |publisher=The Hollenbeck Press |year=1902 |editor-last=Anthony |editor-first=Susan B. |volume=4 |location=Indianapolis |editor-last2=Harper |editor-first2=Ida Husted}}
- {{Cite book |last=Nichols |first=Carole |url=https://archive.org/details/votesmoreforwome0000nich/page/n9/mode/2up?q=burr |title=Votes and More for Women: Suffrage and After in Connecticut |publisher=The Haworth Press, Inc. |year=1983 |isbn=0866561927 |location=New York |via=Internet Archive}}
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Category:People from Hartford, Connecticut