Gage, Matilda Joslyn
Influential 19th-century radical suffragist whose work on behalf of the rights of women has been largely ignored. Born Matilda Joslyn in Cicero, New York, on March 25, ; died of an embolism in Chicago, Illinois, on March 18, ; daughter of Dr. Hezekiah Joslyn (a physician) and Helen (Leslie) Joslyn; married Henry H. Gage, in ; children: Helen Leslie Gage ; Thomas Clarkson Gage; Julie L. Gage; Maud Gage.
Delivered her first public address advocating women's rights in Syracuse, New York (); formed the National Woman Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and helped found the New York State Woman Suffrage Association (); named president of both state and national suffrage organizations (); co-wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women" (); was a founding member of the Equal Rights Party (); co-edited with Stanton and Anthony the first three volumes of the History of Woman Suffrage (–86); formed the Woman's National Liberal Union (); published Woman, Church and State ().
Along with Susan B. Anthony and Eliza-beth Cady Stanton , Matilda Joslyn Gage was the third member of the great 19th-century triumvi-rate o
Gage, Matilda (nee, Joslyn) ( )
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Matilda Electa Gage ( ): Abolitionist and Early Leader in the Woman&#;s Rights Campaign
Introduction: Matilda Electa Gage (née Joslyn) was born March 24, in Cicero, New York, an eastern suburb of Syracuse. She was raised in an Abolitionist home that was a station on the Underground Railroad, and where she was taught multiple languages. She married Henry Gage at 18 and had five children. One of the woman’s movement’s philosophers, she was a skilled writer and organizer, active after her children were grown. She made her first public speech at the third national Women&#;s Rights convention in Syracuse in , and rapidly became a leader in the women&#;s rights movement. Gage was throughout her career among the more radical leaders of the women&#;s right movement, and like Elizabeth Cady Stanton focused particularly on the role of social and religious institutions as well as civil concerns. Her writing focused on significant accomplishments of women in invention, military affairs, and in history.
Career: Raised by abolitionist family in a home on the Underground Railroad, Matilda Joslyn Gage grew up to
Our mission is to educate current and future generations about the life and work of Matilda Joslyn Gage and its power to drive contemporary social change.
We carry out this mission through our Museum and Center for Social Justice Dialogue in Matilda’s home in Fayetteville, NY.
Matilda Joslyn Gage was born on March 24, in Cicero, NY to a progressive abolitionist family. A radical human rights activist, Matilda was a prominent figure in the woman’s suffrage movement as well as the abolition movement, and a leading advocate for Indigenous rights, the separation of Church and State, and the contributions of women to science.
Matilda married Henry Gage in , and together they had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood. Their youngest daughter, Maud, married L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Matilda’s influence on Frank’s writing was significant, and while Oz is known globally, Matilda herself was written out of history—a term referred to as the Matilda Effect (Rossiter, ).
In , Matilda spoke at the 3rd National Woman’s Rights Convention in Syracuse, NY, immediately becoming a leading figure in the suffrage movement. A skilled philosopher, write
Famously referred to as “the woman who was ahead of the women who were ahead of their time,” author, activist, and lecturer Matilda Joslyn Gage worked tirelessly to advocate for abolition, women’s rights, and Native American rights. While her opinions were considered extremely radical for her time, Gage paved the way for the women’s movement and social progress in the United States.
Gage was born on March 24, in Cicero, New York. Gage’s beliefs were heavily influenced by her parents. Her mother, Helen Leslie Joslyn, had a passion for historical research and her father, Dr. Hezekiah Joslyn, was an abolitionist who made their family home into a station on the Underground Railroad. As a child, Gage handed out abolitionist pamphlets and admired powerful anti-slavery speakers like Fredrick Douglass. In addition to her public school education, Gage received lessons in anatomy and physiology from her father to prepare her for medical school. However, after she went to Clinton Liberal Institute, a coeducational preparatory school, she was refused admission to medical school because she was a woman.
She married Henry Gage, a dry goods merchant, in The couple settled in Fayettevil
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