Lois Waisbrooker (21 Feb. 1826 – 3 Oct. 1909) was an American feminist author, editor, pub- lisher, and campaigner of the later nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
Born Adeline Eliza Nichols in upstate New York, she grew up in poverty there and in Ohio; she had little formal education, and worked for some years as a domestic servant. Beginning at the age of seventeen, an illegitimate preg- nancy, a forced marriage, a quick widowhood and a brief second marriage* inspired her devotion to feminist values. She converted to spiritualism and became a "trance speaker" at spiritualist gatherings. By 1863 she adopted the name Lois Waisbrooker, and began a practice of lecturing and journalism that continued through the remainder of her life.
Waisbrooker continued her activities to the end of her life, despite advancing age and worsening health. She left Home for Denver in 1904, and died, "Antioch, California where she is buried along with son, Abner Fuller in Oak View Memorial Park," at the age of eighty-three. "Penniless at the time of her death in 1909, Lois Waisbrooker had spent over forty years promoting the twin ideas of assertive womanhood and female sexuality as a positive power."
*She married (1) George Fuller, April 12, 1843, Cuyhoga County, Ohio, d. bet. Jan-Feb 1846; married (2) Isaac Snell, Aug. 09, 1856, Morrow County, Ohio, d. June 23, 1884, age 86.
Born Adeline Eliza Nichols in upstate New York, she grew up in poverty there and in Ohio; she had little formal education, and worked for some years as a domestic servant. Beginning at the age of seventeen, an illegitimate preg- nancy, a forced marriage, a quick widowhood and a brief second marriage* inspired her devotion to feminist values. She converted to spiritualism and became a "trance speaker" at spiritualist gatherings. By 1863 she adopted the name Lois Waisbrooker, and began a practice of lecturing and journalism that continued through the remainder of her life.
Waisbrooker continued her activities to the end of her life, despite advancing age and worsening health. She left Home for Denver in 1904, and died, "Antioch, California where she is buried along with son, Abner Fuller in Oak View Memorial Park," at the age of eighty-three. "Penniless at the time of her death in 1909, Lois Waisbrooker had spent over forty years promoting the twin ideas of assertive womanhood and female sexuality as a positive power."
*She married (1) George Fuller, April 12, 1843, Cuyhoga County, Ohio, d. bet. Jan-Feb 1846; married (2) Isaac Snell, Aug. 09, 1856, Morrow County, Ohio, d. June 23, 1884, age 86.
Lois Waisbrooker (21 Feb. 1826 – 3 Oct. 1909) was an American feminist author, editor, pub- lisher, and campaigner of the later nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
Born Adeline Eliza Nichols in upstate New York, she grew up in poverty there and in Ohio; she had little formal education, and worked for some years as a domestic servant. Beginning at the age of seventeen, an illegitimate preg- nancy, a forced marriage, a quick widowhood and a brief second marriage* inspired her devotion to feminist values. She converted to spiritualism and became a "trance speaker" at spiritualist gatherings. By 1863 she adopted the name Lois Waisbrooker, and began a practice of lecturing and journalism that continued through the remainder of her life.
Waisbrooker continued her activities to the end of her life, despite advancing age and worsening health. She left Home for Denver in 1904, and died, "Antioch, California where she is buried along with son, Abner Fuller in Oak View Memorial Park," at the age of eighty-three. "Penniless at the time of her death in 1909, Lois Waisbrooker had spent over forty years promoting the twin ideas of assertive womanhood and female sexuality as a positive power."
*She married (1) George Fuller, April 12, 1843, Cuyhoga County, Ohio, d. bet. Jan-Feb 1846; married (2) Isaac Snell, Aug. 09, 1856, Morrow County, Ohio, d. June 23, 1884, age 86.
Born Adeline Eliza Nichols in upstate New York, she grew up in poverty there and in Ohio; she had little formal education, and worked for some years as a domestic servant. Beginning at the age of seventeen, an illegitimate preg- nancy, a forced marriage, a quick widowhood and a brief second marriage* inspired her devotion to feminist values. She converted to spiritualism and became a "trance speaker" at spiritualist gatherings. By 1863 she adopted the name Lois Waisbrooker, and began a practice of lecturing and journalism that continued through the remainder of her life.
Waisbrooker continued her activities to the end of her life, despite advancing age and worsening health. She left Home for Denver in 1904, and died, "Antioch, California where she is buried along with son, Abner Fuller in Oak View Memorial Park," at the age of eighty-three. "Penniless at the time of her death in 1909, Lois Waisbrooker had spent over forty years promoting the twin ideas of assertive womanhood and female sexuality as a positive power."
*She married (1) George Fuller, April 12, 1843, Cuyhoga County, Ohio, d. bet. Jan-Feb 1846; married (2) Isaac Snell, Aug. 09, 1856, Morrow County, Ohio, d. June 23, 1884, age 86.
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