Mrs. Quinby was one of the most remarkable women of her day and generation. Her education, which began in the public schools at Stroudwater and then at Portland, was continued at the academy at Stevens Plans, Maine, and at the seminary at Framingham, Mass. She early be¬came interested in the broad subjects of benefit to the race, and especially to women. She was instrumental in commencing the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and was active in several anti-vivisection societies; and was indefatigable in the advancement of equal suffrage. Her work was recognized abroad as well as in this country, and she was made a member of many societies for the advancement of those objects. She was a facile and brilliant writer, and the product of her pen for years was an orna¬ment to the public press.
Henry Cole Quinby, 1915, "The Quinby Family", p. 362
Henry Cole Quinby, 1915, "The Quinby Family", p. 362
Mrs. Quinby was one of the most remarkable women of her day and generation. Her education, which began in the public schools at Stroudwater and then at Portland, was continued at the academy at Stevens Plans, Maine, and at the seminary at Framingham, Mass. She early be¬came interested in the broad subjects of benefit to the race, and especially to women. She was instrumental in commencing the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and was active in several anti-vivisection societies; and was indefatigable in the advancement of equal suffrage. Her work was recognized abroad as well as in this country, and she was made a member of many societies for the advancement of those objects. She was a facile and brilliant writer, and the product of her pen for years was an orna¬ment to the public press.
Henry Cole Quinby, 1915, "The Quinby Family", p. 362
Henry Cole Quinby, 1915, "The Quinby Family", p. 362
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