Jennie Casseday | |
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| Born | June 9, 1840 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 1893 (aged 52) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery |
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| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | A letter concerning the ministry of flowers |
Jennie Casseday (June 9, 1840 – February 8, 1893) was a 19th-century American philanthropist, social reformer, school founder, and letter writer. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1840, her girlhood passed amid the surroundings of a wealthy Christian home. In 1861, she was thrown from a carriage; she survived the resulting spinal injury but was physically disabled, and in pain for the rest of her life. It was her own love of flowers in the sick-room which first suggested the Flower Mission.[1] In 1885, she served as superintendent, Flower-mission Department, of the Shut-in Society.[2] When Frances E. Willard came to Louisville in 1881, Cassedy gained Willard's consent to become superintendent of this work for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). From that time until her death, she directed from her sick-bed world-wide plans for this philanthropy, personally conducting an immense correspondence in its interests. Besides her work in the Flower Mission, Casseday was the founder of the Jennie Casseday Infirmary, and the Louisville Training School for Nurses.[1]
- ^ a b Chapin 1895, p. 97.
- ^ Bartlett, Annie S. (May 1885). "MORE ABOUT THE "SHUT-IN SOCIETY"". Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine. Vol. LII, no. 5. pp. 314–15. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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