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Helen Pitts Douglass (1838–1903) was an American suffragist, known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass. She also created the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, [ 1 ] which became the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site .
After Douglass's death, his widow, Helen Pitts Douglass, founded the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association in 1900. In 1916, the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs joined with the association. In the 1920s, Black architect William Augustus Hazel was commissioned to restore the house. [13]
Anna Murray Douglass (1813 – August 4, 1882) was an American abolitionist, member of the Underground Railroad, and the first wife of American social reformer and statesman Frederick Douglass, from 1838 to her death.
The 1875 town house where civil rights pioneer Frederick Douglass married his second wife, Helen Pitts, in 1884 has found a buyer just days after hitting the market at $1.8 million, according to a ...
Douglass was judged for remarrying a woman named Helen Pitts two years after his wife died. Douglass expresses his admiration for President Grover Cleveland as he "acts upon his convictions." He argues that the results of the 1884 presidency were due to the fact that Republicans disregarded Black people as means to increase Southern support.
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 [a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
Maria Diedrich, Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass (Hill and Wang, 1999), a biography of Assing that focuses on her relationship with Douglass. Review by Drew Gilpin Faust; Leigh Fought, Women in the World of Frederick Douglass (Oxford University Press, 2017), argues that Assing and Douglass were not lovers. Mehring ...
From Country Living. Legendary actor Kirk Douglas died on Wednesday at the age of 103. Following his death, his son, actor Michael Douglas, released a statement detailing some of the things he ...