Octavia Williams Bates

Octavia Williams Bates
Born	1846 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	January 12, 1911 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Suffragist, Clubwoman, Author
Alma mater	University of Michigan

Octavia Williams Bates (1846 – January 12, 1911) was an American suffragist, clubwoman, and author of the long nineteenth century. She was involved with women's movements associated with higher education and political enfranchisement. Bates was probably officially connected with more societies looking to these ends than any other woman of her time in Michigan, if not in the U.S. She traveled in various parts of the U.S. and Canada, and was specially interested in the woman suffrage movement.^[1] In 1899, after attending a conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Bates was so attracted to the city that she made it her permanent home.