Eliza Archard Conner
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| Born | Eliza Archard January 4, 1838 Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 1912 (aged 74) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Pen name | Zig, E.A. |
| Occupation | journalist, lecturer, feminist |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Antioch College |
| Spouse | Dr. George Conner |
Eliza Archard Conner (pen names, Zig; E. A.; January 4, 1838 – June 4, 1912) was a 19th-century American journalist, lecturer, and feminist from Ohio. She also worked as a teacher, and was a novelist. Conner began writing for newspapers at the age of 13. She served in various roles for the Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia, the Commercial of Cincinnati, and the New York World of New York City. She also worked towards the emancipation and advancement of women. She died in New York in 1912.
Eliza Archard was born January 4, 1838 in Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio on a farm near Cincinnati. Her parents were James and Jane Archard. Her ancestors were of Quaker, German Moravian, Irish and English Presbyterian background. They were among the pioneers of southern Ohio, and one of them founded the town of New Richmond. She was educated in Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, taking the full course in classics and higher mathematics. Her first newspaper contribution was printed when she was 13 years old.
In her early career, she was a teacher and instructor in Latin and German in the Indianapolis High School. There, her persistent refusal to accept less wages than had been previously paid to a man teacher for doing the same work resulted in the passing of a rule by the school board that teachers of both sexes in the high school should receive the same salary. In 1865, she became a regular contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia, under the name of "Zig." Later, she wrote for the Cincinnati Commercial, (later, Cincinnati Commercial Tribune) signing the initials "E. A"; she joined the editorial staff in 1878.
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