Susan E. Dickinson
| Susan Evelyn Dickinson | |
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Susan E Dickinson, circa 1893
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| Born |
August 25, 1832 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 16, 1915 (aged 83) Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Resting place |
Glen Dyberry Cemetery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania 41°34′55″N 75°15′25″W / 41.582°N 75.257°W |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Articles about the coal mining industry and women's rights. Having committed her sister to an insane asylum. |
Susan E. Dickinson (August 25, 1832 – November 16, 1915) was an American journalist and the older sister of lecturer Anna Elizabeth Dickinson.
She wrote for a number of New York, Philadelphia, and regional Pennsylvania newspapers. In her early career she contributed essays and was a correspondent during the American Civil War. She is noted for her articles about the coal mining industry, particularly the management-labor strife during the late 19th-century. She also wrote about women's rights, suffrage, art, and history. She became an associated editor of the The Scranton Truth.
Dickinson was the sister of 19th-century lecturer Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, with whom Susan lived in at the height of Anna's fame. When Dickinson developed a stable career as a journalist, Anna moved into her house. During that time, she was attacked by Anna. Dickinson had her committed to the Danville State Hospital. Anna was then removed to Interpines sanitarium. Anna sued her sister and newspapers. After having won her legal battle, the sisters never spoke to each other again.
Susan Evelyn Dickinson, born on August 25, 1832 in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, was the oldest child of Quakers and abolitionists John and Mary Dickinson. She had three brothers—John, Edwin, and Samuel—and her youngest sibling was her sister, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson. Her father, an abolitionist and merchant, died of a heart attack in 1844, leaving the family financially-challenged.
Dickinson attended the Friends school in Philadelphia, after her family moved to the city. She also attended Westtown boarding school. She was a talented pianist.
Dickinson became a teacher at the Friends school at the age of 16. She taught in the Philadelphia public schools beginning when she was 17 years of age. Although, she did not enjoy being an educator, she led classrooms into the 1860s.
Interested in writing, she published poetry in the Boston True Flag, The Saturday Evening Post, and journals by the beginning of the American Civil War. She used the pseudonyms "Ada Vernon, "Violet May", and "Effie Evergreen".
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