Writer/Activist Graves & Memorials

Eliza Bisbee Duffey

1838–1898 (age 60)

Vineland

Eliza Bisbee Duffey was a writer and women's rights advocate who lived from 1838 to 1898.

Theodore Tilton

1835–1907 (age 72)

Westfield Cemetery

Theodore Tilton was an American writer and activist who lived from 1835 to 1907.

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

1831–1917 (age 86)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831-1917) was a Hampton Falls-based intellectual and abolitionist.

Elizabeth Avery Meriwether

1824–1916 (age 92)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Elizabeth Avery Meriwether was a Tennessee-born writer and women's rights advocate who lived from 1824 to 1916.

Alice Dunbar Nelson

1875–1935 (age 60)

Philadelphia

Alice Dunbar Nelson was an African American writer, activist, and educator from New Orleans who lived from 1875 to 1935.

Zitkala-Sa

1876–1938 (age 62)

Arlington National Cemetery

Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938) was a Yankton Sioux writer, musician, and Native American rights activist.

Julia Sand

1850–1933 (age 83)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Julia Sand was a political activist and writer known for her correspondence with President Chester Arthur.

Baruch Charney Vladeck

1886–1938 (age 52)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Baruch Charney Vladeck (1886-1938) was a Yiddish socialist writer and labor activist from Dukora.

Anna Strunsky

1877–1964 (age 87)

Crown Hill Cemetery

Anna Strunsky was a Russian-American writer and activist born in Babinavičy in 1877 who died in 1964.

Cora Miranda Baggerly Older

1875–1968 (age 93)

Los Gatos Memorial Park

Cora Miranda Baggerly Older (1875-1968) was an American writer and women's suffrage advocate.