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Mina Miller Edison was the second wife of inventor Thomas Edison and a community activist in Fort Myers, Florida. She was involved in education, social reform, and environmental causes, and founded the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation.
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Mina (pronounced my-na) was perhaps better prepared to be the wife of a famous man. By the time she met Thomas Edison, his name was already a household word. She had a more worldly education, having graduated from Akron High School and having attended Miss Abby H. Johnson's Home & Day School for Young Ladies in Boston. Besides, her father was a mil...
Mina Miller was born on July 6, 1865, the seventh of eleven children. She met Thomas Edison at the home of a mutual friend of her father and Edison, the inventor Ezra Gilliland. Her future husband claims he taught her Morse code so that they could converse in secret, even while the family watched. This is how Edison claims he proposed marriage and ...
The couple moved into Glenmont, the Edisons' new home, after their honeymoon in Florida. At age twenty, the new Mrs. Edison became a stepmother to Mary's three children. It was not an easy task. She was less than ten years older than stepdaughter Marion. Although Mina tried to nurture her new family, Marion later described Mina as \"too young to be...
3 de mar. de 2023 · Learn about Mina Miller Edison, the second wife of inventor Thomas Edison, who managed their home, charities and six children. She was a pioneer of home economics and a public figure who shaped American modernity.
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Learn about Mina Miller Edison, the daughter of an inventor and a music student, who married Thomas Edison in 1886 and shared his life for forty-five years. Discover how she met him, how they raised their children, and how she supported his inventions.
Mina Miller Edison (1865-1947) was the second wife of Thomas Edison. He married her in 1886 after the death of his first wife, Mary Stillwell Edison, in 1884.
Mina Miller was born on July 6, 1865, the seventh of eleven children. She met Thomas Edison at the home of a mutual friend of her father, the inventor Ezra Gilliland. Her future husband claims he taught her Morse code so that they could converse in secret, even while the family watched.
16 de jul. de 2012 · Como Mary morreu em 1884, de causas indefinidas, Edison casou-se novamente dois anos mais tarde. A nova esposa era Mina Miller (direita), filha do inventor Lewis Miller.
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