Harriet Abbott Lincoln Coolidge
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| Born | Harriet Abbott Lincoln 1849 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 1902 |
| Occupation | author, philanthropist, reformer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject | children |
| Spouse | George Austin Coolidge (m. 1872) |
| Relatives | Frederic W. Lincoln (father) |
Harriet Abbott Lincoln Coolidge (1849 - 1902) was an American philanthropist, author and reformer. She did much in the way of instructing young mothers in the care and clothing of infants, and furthered the cause to improve the condition of infants in foundling hospitals. She contributed a variety of articles on kindergarten matters to the daily press, and while living in Washington D.C., she gave a series of "nursery talks" for mothers at her home, where she fitted up a model nursery.
Coolidge was the editor of Trained Motherhood; and author of In the Story Land, Kindergarten Stories, Talks to Mothers, The Model Nursery, and What a Young Girl Ought to Know. She was one of the original signers of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was an active member of four of the leading charity organizations in Washington.
Harriet Abbot Lincoln, born in Boston, Massachusetts, was the daughter of Frederic W. Lincoln and Emmeline Hall Lincoln. Her parents married in May 1848, and she was born before her mother died in July 1849. Frederic was called the War Mayor of Boston, as he held that office all through the American Civil War and was reelected and served seven years.
Her great-grandfather, Amos Lincoln, was a captain of artillery and one of the intrepid band who, in 1773, consigned the tea to the water in Boston harbor. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, attached to Stark's brigade, in action at Battle of Bennington, Battle of Brandywine, and Battle of Monmouth, and aided in the suppression of Shays's Rebellion, and was also one of Governor John Hancock's aids. On June 14, 1781, he was married to Deborah, a daughter of Paul Revere, which made Coolidge a great-great-granddaughter of his. Amos Lincoln's first ancestor in the US was Samuel Lincoln, of Hingham, Massachusetts, one of whose sons was Mordecai Lincoln, the ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln.
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