Abigail Scott Duniway
| Abigail Scott Duniway | |
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Duniway between 1870 and 1900
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| Born |
Abigail Jane Scott October 22, 1834 farm near Groveland, Illinois |
| Died | October 11, 1915 (aged 80) Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Resting place |
River View Cemetery in Portland 45°27′29″N 122°40′01″W / 45.45806°N 122.66694°W |
| Citizenship | U.S. |
| Known for | Women's suffrage leadership, writing, journalism, pioneer farming |
| Spouse(s) | Benjamin Charles Duniway |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent(s) | John Tucker Scott and Ann (Roelofson) Scott |
| Relatives | Harvey W. Scott, brother |
Abigail Scott Duniway (October 22, 1834 – October 11, 1915) was an American women's rights advocate, newspaper editor and writer, whose efforts were instrumental in gaining voting rights for women.
Duniway was born Abigail Jane Scott near Groveland, Illinois, to John Tucker Scott and Anne Roelofson Scott. Of the nine children in her family who survived infancy, she was the second. She grew up on the family farm and attended a local school intermittently. In March 1852, against the wishes of Anne, who had concerns about her health, John organized a party of 30 people and 5 ox-drawn wagons to emigrate to Oregon, 2,400 miles (3,900 km) away by trail. Anne died of cholera near Fort Laramie, on the Oregon Trail, in June, and Willie, age 3, the youngest child in the family, died in August along the Burnt River in Oregon. In October, the emigrants reached their destination, Lafayette, in the Willamette Valley. After teaching school in Eola in early 1853, Abigail married Benjamin Charles Duniway, a farmer from Illinois, on August 1. They had six children: Clara Belle (b. 1854), Willis Scott (1856), Hubert (1859), Wilkie Collins (1861), Clyde Augustus (1866), and Ralph Roelofson (1869).
The Duniways farmed in Clackamas County until 1857, when they moved to a farm near Lafayette. They lost this second farm after a friend of Benjamin defaulted on a note endorsed by Benjamin. Soon afterward, Benjamin was permanently disabled in an accident involving a runaway team, and Abigail had to support the family. At first, she opened and ran a small boarding school in Lafayette. In 1866, she moved to Albany where she taught in a private school for a year, then opened a millinery and notions shop, which she ran five years. Angered by stories of injustice and mistreatment relayed to her by married patrons of her shop, and encouraged by Benjamin, she moved to Portland in 1871 to found The New Northwest, a weekly newspaper devoted to women's rights, including suffrage. She published the first issue on May 5, 1871, and continued The New Northwest for 16 years.
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