Martha D. Lincoln

Martha D. Lincoln
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornMartha D. Brown
1838
near Richfield Springs, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 6, 1911(1911-10-06) (aged 72–73)
Pen name"Bessie Beech"
Occupation
  • author
  • journalist
Alma materWhitestown Seminary
Notable works
  • Beech Leaves
  • Central Figures in American Science
Spouse
Henry M. Lincoln
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(m. 1858)​
Children1

Martha D. Lincoln (1838 – October 6, 1911) was an American author and journalist of the long nineteenth century, widely known by her pen name, Bessie Beech.[1] In 1882, she co-founded the Woman's National Press Association, which was the first chartered woman's press organization in the world. She was its first secretary, and served the organization eight years as president.[2]

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "LINCOLN, Mrs. Martha D.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 462–63. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits ... American Publishers' Association. p. 537. Retrieved 2 December 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.