Sarah Barnwell Elliott

Sarah Barnwell Elliott (1848 - August 30 1928) was a novelist, short story writer, and an advocate of women's rights.

Biography

She was born in Savannah, Georgia to Stephen Elliott a bishop in the Episcopal Church who was one of the founders of the University of the South at Sewanee. She received private tutoring and attended classes at Johns Hopkins University in 1886. She moved to Sewanee in 1871 and other than living in New York City from 1895 to 1902, she was there the remainder of her life.^[1][2] Her novels included The Felmeres (1879), A Simple Heart (1887), Jerry (1891), and The Making of Jane (1901).^[3][4] Elliott became active in the women's suffrage movement and served as president of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association from 1912-1914.^[5] She died in 1928.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Sarah Barnwell Elliott". http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=E016. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 
2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=xxd451POnpYC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=THE+DURKET+SPERRET&source=bl&ots=dvfJTBFKYC&sig=KmhB8new5AuJNr3bYnEGNQ05XPk&hl=en&ei=yDixTrDBD8S1twfg5uWsAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCTge#v=onepage&q
3. ^ http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/aww_02/aww_02_00370.html
4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=xxd451POnpYC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=THE+DURKET+SPERRET&source=bl&ots=dvfJTBFKYC&sig=KmhB8new5AuJNr3bYnEGNQ05XPk&hl=en&ei=yDixTrDBD8S1twfg5uWsAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCTge#v=onepage&q
5. ^ http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=431
6. ^ "Sarah Barnwell Elliott. Southern Author and Suffrage Leader Dies at 80 Years.". New York Times. August 31, 1928. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C14FF3D5B167A93C3AA1783D85F4C8285F9. Retrieved 2010-03-27. "Sarah Barnwell Elliott, author and suffrage leader, died at her home here today in her eighty-first year. She was a member of one of the oldest Southern ..." 

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Name	Elliot, Sarah
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Date of birth	1848
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Date of death	August 30, 1928
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