Frances Rollin Whipper

Frances Rollin Whipper
Born19 November 1845 Edit this on Wikidata
Charleston Edit this on Wikidata
Died17 October 1901 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 55)
Beaufort Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationWriter, suffragist Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)William James Whipper Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenIonia Rollin Whipper, Leigh Whipper Edit this on Wikidata

Frances Anne Rollin Whipper (November 19, 1845 – October 17, 1901) was a political activist, teacher, and author. Whipper and her four sisters were socially and politically active within the South Carolina state government during the Reconstruction era.[1] In 1867, she won one of the earliest Civil Rights lawsuits for being denied first class passage on a steamship traveling between Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina. Whipper wrote and published the biography of the abolitionist, nationalist, and highest ranking Black commissioned officer in the Union army, Martin R. Delany (1812-1885).[2] Published under the name Frank A. Rollin in 1868, The Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany, was the first full-length biography written by an African American.[3] Whipper's 1868 diary, one of the earliest known diaries by a southern Black woman, details her social and intellectual activities in Boston, as well as her courtship and early months of marriage to William James Whipper, a member of the South Carolina legislature and proponent of women's suffrage.[3]

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  2. ^ "Frances Ann Rollin Whipper", Notable Black American Women (1992), Gale Biography in Content.
  3. ^ a b "Diary of Frances Anne Rollin, 1868". Smithsonian Digital Volunteers: Transcription Center. Retrieved 26 May 2022.