Emeline S. Burlingame

Emeline S. Burlingame
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Emeline Stanley Aldrich September 22, 1836 Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	February 25, 1923(1923-02-25) (aged 86) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Resting place	Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island
Pen name	Aunt Stomly, Cousin Emeline
Occupation	editor, evangelist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rhode Island Normal School
Subject	religion, temperance, suffrage
Spouse	Luther Rawson Burlingame ​ ​ (m. 1859; died 1890)​ Oren Burbank Cheney ​ (m. 1892)​

Emeline S. Burlingame (née, Aldrich; after first marriage, Burlingame, after second marriage, Cheney; pen names Aunt Stomly and Cousin Emeline; September 22, 1836 – February 25, 1923) was an American editor, evangelist and suffragist. She served for seven years as president of the Rhode Island Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), and was the first president of the Free Baptist Woman‘s Missionary Society (W.M.S.).^[1] She was a licensed preacher, and was three times a delegate to the free baptist triennial conference. Burlingame held positions with several religious publications, including, for eight years, editor of the Missionary Helper for many years.^[2] She was a potent factor in securing Rhode Island State constitutional prohibition for 1884–1887.^[3] Considered a suffrage luminary,^[4] she authored the leaflet, “An Appeal to Women’s Missionary Societies Urging Church Women to Support Woman Suffrage as a Step Toward More Efficient Missionary Work,” which was printed and distributed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association among missionary societies. Burlingame died in 1923.