The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Blackwell, Mrs. Antoinette Louisa

BLACKWELL, Mrs. Antoinette Louisa , American woman suffragist and Unitarian minister: b. Henrietta, N. Y., 20 May 1825. A graduate of Oberlin College (1847), she &ldquo;preached on her own orders,&rdquo; at first in Congregational churches, becoming at length a champion of women's rights. She married Samuel C., a brother of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1856). She has written &lsquo;Shadows of Our Social System&rsquo; (1855); &lsquo;The Island Neighbors&rsquo; (1871), a novel of American life; &lsquo;Sexes Throughout Nature&rsquo; (1875); &lsquo;The Physical Basis of Immortality&rsquo; (1876); &lsquo;The Philosophy of Individuality&rsquo; (1893); &lsquo;Sea Drift, or a Tribute to the Ocean&rsquo; (1903).