Susan Frances Nelson Ferree (née, Nelson; January 14, 1844 - September 30, 1919) was an American journalist and social activist from Iowa. Ferree served as a Washington, D.C. newspaper correspondent. She favored women's suffrage and women's rights; she also affiliated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Ferree died in 1919.

Susan Frances Nelson Ferree
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Susan Frances Nelson January 14, 1844 Mount Pleasant, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 30, 1919(1919-09-30) (aged 75) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	journalist and social activist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Spouse	Jerome Dial Ferree ​ (m. 1860)​
Relatives	Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson, William Nelson, Thomas Nelson Jr.

Biography

Susan Frances Nelson was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, January 14, 1844. Her parents were Frances S. Wray Nelson and John S. Nelson, who was a lineal descent of Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson,[1] the founder of Old York, Virginia. His oldest son, William Nelson, was at one time president of the king's council. William's oldest son, Thomas Nelson Jr., was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the war governor of Virginia. At the age of one year she, with her parents removed to Keokuk, Iowa, which was her home for many years.[2]

Ferree wrote poetry, but her forte was journalism, especially her newspaper correspondence from Washington, D.C. She supported temperance and the advancement of woman.[2]

In 1860, she married Jerome Dial Ferree (1838–1914),[3] a business man in Ottumwa, Iowa, and they resided in that town. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Woman's Relief Corps, the Iowa Woman's Suffrage Association, Daughters of the American Revolution,[4] and the local WCTU. In religion, Ferree was Episcopalian,[5] and a communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, of Ottumwa.[2] By 1908, she had removed to San Diego, California,[4] where she died September 30, 1919.

References

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Chapman Brothers (1887). Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County, Iowa: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Prepresentative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States (Public domain ed.). Chapman Brothers.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Daughters of the American Revolution (1908). Directory of the Chapters, Officers and Members (Public domain ed.).
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: The Society (1904). Lineage Book (Public domain ed.). The Society.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 287.

Bibliography

• Herman, Kali; Tal, Kalí (1984). Women in Particular: An Index to American Women. Oryx Press. ISBN 9780897740883.

External links

• Works related to Woman of the Century/Susan Frances Nelson Ferree at Wikisource
• Works by or about Susan Frances Nelson Ferree at Internet Archive