Brown Emma^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1825 - 1889  (64 years)

• Name	Brown Emma
  Birth	1825	New York   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1889	Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co., WI   [1]
  Burial	Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, WI   [1]
  Notes	EMMA BROWN EMMA BROWN brought the firstpower press and the Cayuga Chief, a temperance paper, to Wisconsin fromupstate New York in 1856. She joined her brother, Thurlow Weed Brown, inFort Atkinson, and published the Wisconsin Chief, until 1889. It becamethe nation's longest- lasting temperance sheet. Thurlow, a prominent temperance lecturer and author on the national lecturecircuit, sent his speeches and press reviews to Emma for publication. Emma,trained as a typesetter and compositor, ran the production side of the business,writing copy, setting type, selling ads and balancing the books. It wasnot until Thurlow's death in 1866 that Emma's role as the Chief's real editorbecame public. Term: Brown, Emma, 1827-1889 Definition: Co-founder of the journal "Wisconsin Chief" and the first successful woman editor and publisher in Wisconsin; her paper supported the temperance movement and women's suffrage. View more information <http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/archives/001229.asp> elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org. View newspaper clippings at Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles <http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/searchResults.asp?adv=yes&fn=emma&ln=brown>. [Source: McBride, Genevieve G. On Wisconsin women. (Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993)] The momentum for women's rights in the decades after the war was kept alive largely through the labors of Emma Brown (1827-1889). She was the first successful woman editor and publisher in Wisconsin, producing the weekly paper "Wisconsin Chief" out of her office in Fort Atkinson <http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=11413>. She had started the paper in 1849 in new York, and it became the country's longest-running temperance paper. In its pages she supported not only the temperance movement but also women's suffrage, exposed harsh conditions in factories and prisons, and argued passionately for women's roles in public life. She produced the weekly paper almost singlehandedly from 1866 to 1889.
  Person ID	I52705	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Brown William,   b. 1794, Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY d. 1878, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co., WI (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Weed Rebecca,   b. Abt 1802   d. 06 Apr 1857, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY (Age ~ 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Feb 1819	Preston, Chenango Co., NY   [1, 5]
  	The marriage announcement is noted as such; Brown, William m. "in February" Rebecca Wood; Elder N. Noyes. All of Preston. (Published in newspaper of 7-7/20/1819) The marriage announcement is noted as such; Brown, William m. "in February" Rebecca Wood; Elder N. Noyes. All of Preston. (Published in newspaper of 7-7/20/1819)
  Family ID	F24052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1351] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 22:09. [S1354] 1850 Federal Census for Auburn, Cuyuga County, Ward 3, NY. William, 56, b. NY Prison Keeper Rebecca, 48, b. NY Thurlow W., 30, b. NY Editor Ellen, 28, b. NY Emma, 15, b. NY William J. 5/12, b. NY Andrew Shulman, 20, Printer, b. Penn. [S1360] 1880 Federal Census for Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, WI. William, 76, b. NY, Real estate value, $500. Emma, 45, b. NY, Publisher and Editor [S1352] Sue Hartwick, Director, Hoard Historical Museum, Hoard Historical Museum, Fort Atkinson Historical Society, 407 Merchants Ave. Fort Atkinson, WI 53538, (Cemetery Cards for Brown family at Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, WI). [S1366] Fred Q. Bowman, 10,000 Vital Records of Central N. Y., 1813-1859, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, 1986-Indexed), P. 33 # 1185. Taken from the Norwich Journal, a paper in Norwich, Chenango County, NY.