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Virginia Hewlett Douglass (June 1, 1849 – December 14, 1889; née Virginia Lewis Molyneaux Hewlett) was an African-American suffragist. She was married to Frederick Douglass, Jr. Biography
This hand-colored carte de visite depicts Virginia L. Molyneaux Hewlett Douglass, who married Frederick Douglass, Jr., the son of the famous African American leader.
Biography of Virginia Hewlett Douglass, 1849-1889. By Thomas Dublin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University. Virginia Molyneaux Hewlett was born in New York in 1849, the third child of Aaron and Virginia Josephine Hewlett.
Jun 22, 2024 · Virginia L. Molyneaux Hewlett Douglass. Active in the anti-slavery and women’s suffrage movements and spoke out against school segregation and prejudice. Was married to Frederick Douglass, Jr., son of leading activist Frederick Douglass. Leonard A. and Octavia J. Grimes.
Apr 26, 2024 · Virginia Hewlett Douglass was an African American suffragist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1849. Hewlett was the daughter of the first Black instructor at Harvard University, Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett.
Although the woman suffrage movement in the United States, from its origin in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 until the enactment of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, is usually viewed as a movement of white women, these biographical sketches show that African American women were also active in the struggle.
Learn about the life and achievements of Virginia Hewlett Douglass, who was born in 1849 and married Frederick Douglass, Jr. in 1869. She was a signatory of a petition for women's suffrage in the District of Columbia and a letter writer against school segregation.
