Eva Channing (1854-1930) was a Boston area suffragist leader and writer.

Early life

Eva Channing was born in 1854 to parents William Francis Channing and Susan Elizabeth Burdick Channing. Her mother was also active in the suffrage movement, and her grandfather, William Ellery Channing, was a well-known Unitarian minister. Eva Channing attended Boston University as a member of the class of 1877.

Eva Channing

Career

Channing served in a number of Boston area suffrage organizations, including the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association and the Massachusetts School Suffrage Association. In addition, she wrote frequent contributions to the Women's Journal, advocating for women's rights in both Europe, particularly Germany, and the United States.

Eva Channing

References

External links

National American Woman Suffrage Association Records: General Correspondence, 1839-1961; Channing, Eva at the Library of Congress

Eva Channing

1854 births

1930 deaths

Suffragists from Massachusetts

20th-century American women

19th-century American women writers

20th-century American people