Martha E. Sewall Curtis

Martha E. Sewall Curtis
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Martha Elizabeth Sewall May 18, 1858 Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 27, 1915 (aged 56) Burlington
Occupation	suffragist writer businesswoman
Language	English
Genre	historical research
Spouse	Thomas S. Curtis ​ ​ (m. 1879; died 1888)​
Children	2
Relatives	Henry Dunster

Martha E. Sewall Curtis (May 18, 1858 – April 27, 1915) was an American woman suffragist and writer. She delivered notable lectures at the meetings of the National Woman Suffrage Association in Boston. For years, she edited a weekly woman's column in the News, of Woburn, Massachusetts, and was president of the Woburn Equal Suffrage League.^[1] For a number of years, she conducted in Boston a bureau of stenography and employed about 20 women. Her publications included Burlington Church (1885), Burlington (1890), and Ye olde meeting house (1909).