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Helen Pitts Douglass (1838–1903) was an American suffragist, known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass. She also created the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, which became the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.
Helen Pitts Douglass (Honeoye, 1838 — Washington, D.C., 1903) foi uma sufragista e jornalista do feminismo estadunidense que se tornou célebre por seu casamento com o ex-escravo e ativista dos direitos humanos Frederick Douglass, de cuja memória foi ardorosa defensora.
On the morning of January 25, 1884, Jane Pitts woke up to newspaper headlines that her daughter Helen, without her knowledge, had married the famous abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass. The news of the union shocked many people, and scrutiny came from all sides at once toward the newlyweds, who now found themselves in the middle of a ...
31 de jan. de 2019 · Born Helen Pitts (1838–1903), Helen Pitts Douglass was a suffragist and a North American 19th-century Black activist. She is best known for marrying politician and North American 19th-century Black activist Frederick Douglass, an interracial marriage considered surprising and scandalous at the time.
1 de fev. de 2019 · Helen Pitts Douglass, a segunda esposa branca de Frederick Douglass, é conhecida por seu papel na preservação de sua memória e na luta pelo sufrágio.
An activist prior to their marriage, HELEN PITTS DOUGLASS, second wife of Frederick, was widowed after his 1895 death. According to Mr. Douglass’s will, Cedar Hill – their final home – was to be inherited by Helen Pitts Douglass.
15 de mar. de 2023 · March 15, 2023. Home - Mourning in the Morning - Helen Pitts Douglass – Advocate, Wife, Keeper of the Flame. While the interracial marriage between Helen Pitts of Honeoye, NY, and Frederick Douglass, pre-eminent leader of Nineteenth-Century Black America, scandalized many in the country and in Douglass’ family, Helen’s life had ...
