Mabelle Biggart

Mabelle Biggart
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornMabelle Biggart
February 22, 1861
New York City, U.S.
DiedDOD unknown
Occupationeducator, dramatic reader, preacher, writer
Alma materState Normal School, Fredonia, New York

Mabelle Biggart (February 22, 1861 – ?) was an American educator, dramatic reader, preacher, and writer. In 1890, Biggart was in charge of the department of elocution at the Chautauqua assembly of Glen Park, Colorado, and that she was giving exercises illustrating the Delsarte System.[1] Around the same time, she had been instrumental in starting the Polytechnic Institute and Woman's Athletic Club of Denver, intended to aid women to gain health, strength, and beauty. She had also assumed charge of a "Polytechnic Department" in the Denver NewsLetter, devoting the space to physical culture, science, and literature.[2] She wrote articles for various publications including, "A Woman that is a Woman", "List to the Voice!", "Newfoundland", "Where is the New Woman?", "Dr. Grenfell's Labrador Mission", and "On the Painted Desert".

  1. ^ Werner 1890, p. 216.
  2. ^ Werner 1890, p. 159.