Jennie Phelps Purvis | |
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| Born | Hanna Jane Phelps February 23, 1831 Addison, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 16, 1924 (aged 93) Modesto, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Masonic Cemetery (now Acacia Memorial Park), Modesto |
| Pen name | Hagar |
| Nickname | Jennie |
| Occupation | writer, suffragist, social reformer |
| Period | California pioneer |
| Subject | temperance; suffrage |
| Spouse | Richard Benjamin Purvis (m. 1876) |
Jennie Phelps Purvis (née, Phelps; pen name, Hagar; February 23, 1831 – November 16, 1924) was an American writer, suffragist, temperance reformer, and a California pioneer. She was well-known in literary circles in her early life -counting Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and Joaquin Miller as friends-[1] and for some years, was a prominent officer and member of the California state suffrage society.[2]