Frances Augusta Hemingway Conant
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| Born | Frances Augusta Hemingway December 23, 1842 West Burlington, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1903 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | journalist, editor, businesswoman |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | founder of the Illinois Woman's Press Association |
| Spouse | Claudius W. Conant (m. 1864) |
Frances Augusta Conant (December 23, 1842 - April 28, 1903) was an American journalist, editor, and businesswoman. She was the founder and principal promoter of the Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA).
Frances Augusta Hemingway was born in West Burlington, New York, December 23, 1842. Her parents were Curtis and Martha R. Hemingway. She was educated in the western part of the State and in Brooklyn. In early girlhood, she became a contributor to New York publications.
In 1864, in Brooklyn, she married Claudius W. Conant, of New York. After 1892, Conant became a resident of Chicago, Illinois. She usually passed the winters in traveling through the South. She was for several years a special correspondent of the Living Church and a contributor to the Advance and other religious publications of Chicago, as well as to some journals, and, occasionally, short stories of hers appeared in leading New York City and Philadelphia publications. During the World Cotton Centennial of 1884-85, she was the only special woman correspondent in New Orleans for a mechanical and scientific journal, ably representing the "Industrial World," of Chicago.
She often wrote as a collaborator with her husband, who was connected with the American Field, and they frequently did editorial work interchangeably. Conant is an earnest advocate of the cause of industrial education, and she was editor and business manager of the "Journal of Industrial Education" in the early days of its publication. Her reputation as a writer of short sketches of travel lead to an engagement as editor of the American Traveler and Tourist, published in Chicago, which position she held for two years, until she became interested in a commercial enterprise. Though rarely working in any associations, she developed ability as a promoter and organizer.
Following up on an idea of Marion A. McBride of The Boston Post during the World Cotton Centennial, Conant and Dr. Julia Holmes Smith helped found the IWPA, and Conant was the principal promoter of the IWPA, the first independent State organization for the purpose of affording practical assistance to women in literary pursuits. She was secretary of that association for the first two years, and received an honorary life membership in recognition of her services.
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