Clara Christiana Morgan Chapin
Clara Christiana Morgan Chapin (nicknames, Mom Chape and La Petite; pen name, Clara English; 1852 – 1926) was a British-born American woman suffragist, temperance worker, and newspaper editor.
Early years and education
Clara Christiana Morgan was born in Gloucestershire, England, December 26, 1852.[1] Her father was of Welsh origins, and her mother came of an old country family, the Blagdons, proprietors of the manor of Boddington since the days of William the Conqueror.[2]
She was educated in Clifton Ladies' College and passed the Cambridge local examination, the only form of university privilege open at that time to girls. She came to the United States with her parents and their five younger children in 1870. The family settled in Fillmore County, Nebraska.[2]
In Fillmore county, Chapin engaged in teaching. In September, 1872, she married Clarence C. Chapin, of
Being a small woman, Chapin commonly went by the name "La Petite" among her co-workers in Nebraska. Though of English birth, Chapin's life-work was in the United States. She resided, with her husband, son and two daughters, in one of the suburban towns of
References
- ^ Woman of the Century
- ^ a b Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 167.
- ^ a b Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 168.
- ^ Okker 2008, p. 179.
- ^ Bowker 1876, p. 136.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the ISBN 9780835212458.- 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.
Bibliography
- Okker, Patricia (1 June 2008). Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-century American Women Editors. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3249-9.
