Emma A. Cranmer (née, Powers; after first marriage, Goodell; after second marriage, Cranmer; October 2, 1858 – January 11, 1937) was an American temperance reformer, woman suffragist, and author. A talented suffrage speaker and prohibition representative, she served as president of the South Dakota Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association. Some of her epigrams were published by the press.[1] Cranmer died in 1937.
Emma A. Cranmer | |
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| Born | Emma Amelia Powers October 2, 1858 Mount Vernon, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1937 (aged 78) Minnesota, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | temperance reformer, woman suffragist, author, lecturer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Cornell College |
| Genre | prose, verse, epigram |
| Literary movement | suffrage, temperance |
| Spouse |
Delos N. Goodell
(m. 1880; died 1882)Simeon Harris Cranmer
(m. 1884) |
| Children | Frances Willard Cranmer Greenman |
Early life and education
editEmma Amelia Powers was born in Mount Vernon, Wisconsin, October 2, 1858. She was the daughter of Dr. Joseph Lewis Powers and Janette S. (Byam) Cranmer. Her siblings were Julia C. Powers (born 1856), Laura B. Powers (born 1865), Fred Willard Powers (born 1868), and Leland Earnest Powers (born 1871).[2]
She was educated in Cornell College.[3]
Career
editShe began to teach school when fifteen years old. In 1880, she married Delos N. Goodell,[4] who died in 1882.[5]
In October, 1884, she married secondly, Hon. Simeon Harris Cranmer (1853–1943), a Nebraska teacher and lawyer. They made their home in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1889,[3] after he became president of the Union Banking Company.
In 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Cranmer established an industrial school for young woman who had jobs but did not have previous education, which included no-cost instruction in literature, mathematics, reading, and writing.[6]
Cranmer wrote much for the press, both in prose and verse. Epigrams published by the press included, “Applause is like strychnine, it either acts as a tonic or a poison", “Drunkenness is a disease to be treated by the physician and not the policeman”, and “What is needed in our progress is more schools and fewer jails".[1]
She lectured on literary subjects and on temperance in many of the cities of the Northwest. As an orator she was eloquent and winning. She was an earnest worker in the white ribbon movement, with which she was connected for years, and served as president of the South Dakota WCTU.[7] On June 9, 1893, she attended the World's Temperance Congress in Washington D.C. and sat on the platform during the opening by Matilda Carse.[8]
In equal suffrage, she was profoundly interested, and served as president of the South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association.[7] Through efforts of Cranmer and Anna R. Simmons, a bill was secured for a constitutional amendment from the South Dakota Legislature of 1893.[9] In addition to Simmons, her contemporaries in South Dakota included, Irene G. Adams and Ida R. Bailey.[10]
Personal life
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Cranmer became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in her early childhood, and was a class leader in her church.[3] Later, she became a Christian Science practitioner.[11]
She had one child, a daughter, Frances Willard Cranmer.[3]
Emma Amelia Cranmer died January 11, 1937, in Minnesota, and is buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ a b Peterson 1895, p. 498-99.
- ^ Gue & Shambaugh 1899, p. 371.
- ^ a b c d Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 214.
- ^ Williams 1984, p. 167.
- ^ S.J. Clarke Publishing Company 1901, p. 671.
- ^ Baum 1996, p. 205.
- ^ a b Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 215.
- ^ Stearns 1893, p. 406.
- ^ Stanton, Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 557.
- ^ Stanton, Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 1104.
- ^ Eddy 1920, p. 38.
- ^ "Mrs. Emma A. Cranmer". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, MN. January 13, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved September 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. E. A. Cranmer Dies at Her Home". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, MN. January 12, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved September 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Attribution
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Gue, Benjamin F.; Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin (1899). Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa: Leaders in Business, Politics and the Professions; Together with an Original and Authentic History of the State, by Ex-Lieutenant-Governor B. F. Gue (Public domain ed.). Conaway & Shaw. p. 371.- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Eddy, Mary Baker (1920). The Christian Science Journal. Vol. 38 (Public domain ed.). Christian Science Publishing Society.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Peterson, C.J. (1895). The Peterson Magazine. Vol. 106 (Public domain ed.). C.J. Peterson.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (1901). Biographical Record of Linn County, Iowa (Public domain ed.). S.J. Clarke Publishing Company.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (1902). History of Woman Suffrage ...: 1883-1900 (Public domain ed.). Fowler & Wells.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Stearns, John Newton (1893). Temperance in All Nations: History of the Cause in All Countries of the Globe (Public domain ed.). National temperance society and publication house.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 214.
Bibliography
edit- Baum, Lyman Frank (1996). Our Landlady. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1221-6.
- Williams, George Ebenezer (1984). A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Goodale/Goodell of Salem, Mass. G.E. Williams.
External links
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Works related to Woman of the Century/Emma A. Cranmer at Wikisource- Works by or about Emma A. Cranmer at the Internet Archive
