JANE GREY SWISSHELM
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪn ɡɹˈe͡ɪ swˈɪsʃɛlm], \dʒˈeɪn ɡɹˈeɪ swˈɪsʃɛlm], \dʒ_ˈeɪ_n ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ s_w_ˈɪ_s_ʃ_ɛ_l_m]\
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An American journalist, reformer, and writer; born near Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 6, 1815; died in Swissvale, Pa., July 22, 1884. She was among the earliest advocates of woman's rights; an ardent opponent of slavery, and while editing the St. Cloud (Minn.) Visitor, had her office and press destroyed by a mob for advocating abolitionism. She was among the first to become a nurse in the Northern army. Besides voluminous contributions to current periodicals, she published: "Letters to Country Girls" (1853), and an autobiography, "Half of a Century" (1881).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
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