Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace | |
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Born | August 6, 1817 |
Died | March 19, 1901 | (aged 83)
Occupation(s) | Suffragist temperance leader |
Spouse | David Wallace |
Children | Mary, Ellen, Jemima, Sanders, Agnes, and David |
Parent(s) | John H. and Polly C. (Gray) Sanders |
Relatives | William, Lewis, Edward (stepsons) |
Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace (August 6, 1817 – March 19, 1901) was the First Lady of Indiana from 1837 to 1840, and a temperance activist, women's suffrage leader, and inspirational speaker in the 1870s and 1880s. She was a charter member of Central Christian Church, the first Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her husband was David Wallace, the sixth governor of Indiana; Lew Wallace, one of her stepsons, became an American Civil War general and author.