Emeline S. Burlingame
| Emeline Stanley Aldrich Burlinghame Cheney | |
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| Born | Emeline Stanley Aldrich September 22, 1836 Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 1923 (aged 86) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Resting place | Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Pen name | Aunt Stomly, Cousin Emeline |
| Occupation | editor, evangelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rhode Island Normal School |
| Subject | religion, temperance, suffrage |
| Spouse | Luther Rawson Burlingame (m. 1859) Oren Burbank Cheney (m. 1892) |
Emeline S. Burlingame Cheney (née Emeline Stanley Aldrich; first marriage, Emeline S. Burlingame; second marriage, Emeline Burlingame Cheney; pen names Aunt Stomly and Cousin Emeline; September 22, 1836 – February 25, 1923) was an American editor, evangelist and suffragist. She served for seven years as president of the Rhode Island Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), and was the first president of the Free Baptist Woman‘s Missionary Society (W.M.S.). She was a licensed preacher, and was three times a delegate to the free baptist triennial conference. Burlingame held positions with several religious publications, including, for eight years, editor of the Missionary Helper for many years.
Burlingame was a potent factor in securing Rhode Island State constitutional prohibition for 1884-1887. Considered a suffrage luminary, she authored the leaflet, “An Appeal to Women’s Missionary Societies Urging Church Women to Support Woman Suffrage as a Step Toward More Efficient Missionary Work,” which was printed and distributed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association among missionary societies.
Emeline Stanley Aldrich was born in Union Village in what was then Smithfield, Rhode Island (now North Smithfield) on September 22, 1836. Her parents were Wellington Aldrich and Celeste Angell Aldrich (1811-1885).
Her life until her marriage was spent in Providence, R. I. She entered Providence High School at the age of 12, graduating at 15, when she began teaching, and earned enough money to enable her to take the Rhode Island Normal School (now Rhode Island College) course of one year. In school, she excelled in memory work, in composition and recitation. Her first trip out of her native state was made by carriage to Boston when she was 15. Two years later, she went by train to New York City. These were great events.
Before she was three years old, her mother began taking Burlingame to the Roger Williams Church; Sunday School and church in the morning and again to church in the afternoon. When 15, her Sunday school teacher asked her if she wasn't ready to become a Christian. She stated, “The thought at once came forcibly to me that I should never become a Christian in future time, it must be in some present moment.” She made the decision and was baptized in April, 1851, by Rev. Eli Noyes, returned from India, and pastor of the Roger Williams Church. She went on to say that, “The Roger Williams Church opened its doors to advocates of anti-slavery, temperance, and the broader life for women. Few churches of the other denominations did."
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