Amanda L. Aikens | |
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| Born | Amanda Lovina Barnes May 12, 1833 North Adams, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1892 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | "Woman's World" |
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| Children | 3 surviving daughters |
Amanda L. Aikens (née, Barnes; May 12, 1833 – May 20, 1892) was an American editor and philanthropist. During the American Civil War, she was one of the noted women workers, and it was through her public appeals that the question of the national soldiers' homes was agitated. She raised money in Wisconsin for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore for the purpose of having women admitted on equal terms with men. She took an active interest in all charity and educational work in her state.[1] Aikens was instrumental in founding the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls, and was a member of the Humane Society, the Woman's Club, and the Athenaeum.[2] In 1887, she began to edit the "Woman's World" section in the Evening Wisconsin.
- ^ Logan 1912, p. 528.
- ^ "Mrs. Aikens Dead. The Wife of the Editor of the Evening Wisconsin Passes Away". Newspapers.com. Grand Rapids, Wisconsin: Wood County Reporter. 26 May 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
