Anna M. Morrison Reed

Anna M. Morrison Reed
19th-century B&W portrait photo of a woman wearing a large hat and a dark jacket.
Anna Morrison Reed (1896)
BornAnna Medora Morrison
1849/50
Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.
DiedMay 23, 1921
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Resting placeLaytonville, California
Occupation
  • poet
  • lecturer
  • suffragist
  • newspaper editor & publisher
  • magazine editor & publisher
Spouse
John S. Reed
(m. 1872; died 1900)
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Anna M. Morrison Reed (1849/50-1921) was an American poet, lecturer, and suffragist,[1] who for many years, was also the editor and publisher of a newspaper and a magazine. She was one of the most prominent literary women of the West in her day and was one of the best-known residents of Mendocino County, California, where she had resided for a great part of the time since 1872.[2] Her associates included Gertrude Atherton, Bret Harte, and Joaquin Miller.[3]

  1. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1898). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation. American Publishers' Association. p. 777. Retrieved 27 May 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UkiahDispatchDemocrat1921 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference OaklandTrib1921 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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