Rebékka Ann Latimer Félton ( English Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton ; June 10, 1835 , Decatur , Georgia , USA - January 24, 1930 , Atlanta , Georgia , USA ) - American politician , writer , teacher . She served as a senator from the state of George from 21 to 22 November 1922. The first woman in US history to take the post of senator. The last former slaveholder among both houses of the US Congress .
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| Predecessor | Thomas Edward Watson | ||||||
| Successor | Walter Franklin George | ||||||
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| Burial place | Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgia, USA | ||||||
| Birth name | Rebecca Ann Latimer | ||||||
| Spouse | William Harrell | ||||||
| The consignment |  US Democratic Party | ||||||
| Awards | [d] | ||||||
Biography
Early years
Rebecca Ann Latimer was born on June 10, 1835 in Decater, Georgia, to the family of Charles Latimer, a wealthy planter , merchant, and owner of a department store . Her father was a native of Maryland who moved to De Kalb County ( DeKalb County ) in the 1820s , Rebecca's Mother Eleanor Swift Latimer ( born Eleanor Swift Latimer ) was born in Morgan , Georgia [5] .
Felton was the eldest of four children. Her sister, Mary Latimer ( born Mary Latimer ), as well as Rebecca, became a prominent figure in the fight for women's suffrage in the United States [6] .
When Rebecca turned fifteen, her father sent her to live with relatives in the city of Madison so that she could attend classes at the Women's Methodist College [7] . She graduated from his in 17 years, in 1852 [8] .
In 1853 she married William Harrell Felton . After the wedding, they moved to the suburb of Cartersville , where slavery was common. Rebecca gave birth to five children to William, but only one of them survived - Howard Erwin Felton [ Howard Erwin Felton ] [9] .
At the end of the civil war, Felton and her husband lost the opportunity to own slaves. Together they opened a school in Cartersville [9] .
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Sufragism
By joining the Women's Union of the Christian Faith ( English Women's Christian Temperance Union ) in 1886, Felton achieved great success in speaking, campaigning for equal rights for white women [10] .
Rebecca argued that men underestimate the importance of the labor of wives and mothers; also noted that women should have more power in the family, have a greater influence on decision-making. Felton advocated proper education for white women and their economic independence from men [11] .
In 1900, officially joined the movement for women's suffrage ( English Women's Suffrage Movement ) [12] . Becoming a well-known activist, Felton has made many ideological opponents. In 1915, during the consideration of the draft law on the right to vote for women, Felton participated in debates with anti-suffragists . The congressman, who acted as a mediator, allowed her opponents to speak for 45 minutes, while Felton interrupted him after 30. She ignored the stop and continued to talk continuously for another 15 minutes. Despite this, the legislature of Georgia did not pass this bill [13] .
Day as a senator
In 1922, Governor Thomas William Hardwick appointed 87-year-old Felton as Georgia senator to replace the deceased Thomas Watson [comm. 1] . The appointment of Felton was to a greater extent a symbolic tribute to the rights of women, as well as Hardwick’s political move to win female voter votes [14] .
Felton took the oath on November 21, and although her term of office lasted only one day, she officially became the first female senator in the United States [15] [16] . In addition, Rebecca still retains the status of the only female senator from Georgia [17] [18] .
Recent years
In the last years of her life, Felton lived in Cartersville, writing and teaching. Died in Atlanta on January 24, 1930; her remains were transported to Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville [15] .
Race Views
Before the Civil War, Rebecca Felton and her husband owned slaves [19] . In addition, she was the last former slave owner among the members of both chambers of Congress [20] .
Felton believed in the superiority of the white race . She once said that the longer Georgia will sponsor education for blacks, the more crimes they will commit [21] .
Felton considered young blacks who sought equality as “semi-civilized gorillas,” and that those were unhealthily lascivious of white women [22] . Rebecca advocated the right to vote for white women, but she condemned the provision of the same opportunities to dark-skinned people [23] .
Bibliography
| Year | Title | original name | Note |
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| 1911 | My Memories of Georgia Politics | My Memoirs of Georgia Politics | [24] |
| 1919 | Rural life in Georgia in the years of my youth | Country Youth in Georgia | [25] |
| 1930 | Romantic story of women of Georgia | The Romantic Story of Georgia | [14] |
Notes
Comments
- ↑ To replace the deceased senator before his term expires [14] .
Sources
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- 2 1 2 American National Biography - 1999.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Rebecca_Latimer_Felton
- ↑ Edward T. James, Radcliffe College. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary . - Harvard University Press, 1971. - 606 p. - ISBN 9780674627345 .
- ↑ Mary Latimer McLendon (1840-1921) (English) . New Georgia Encyclopedia. The appeal date is October 27, 2018.
- ↑ Martin, Sara Hines. More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Georgia Women. - Guilford, Conneticut: TwoDot, 2002. - ISBN 9780762712700 ..
- ↑ Crystal Nicole Feimster. Southern horrors: rape and lynching . - Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 2009. - ISBN 9780674035621 , 0674035623, 9780674061859, 0674061853.
- ↑ 1 2 Felton, Rebecca Latimer (1930). The Romantic Story of Georgia's Women . Atlanta, Georgia: Atlanta Georgian and Sunday American.
- ↑ Felton, Rebecca Latimer (1919). Country Life in my Days of my Youth . Atlanta, Georgia: Index Printing Company. p. 294.
- ↑ JT Censer. Gender Matters: Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Making of the New South. By LeeAnn Whites (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. vii plus 244 pp. Cloth $ 75.00, paper $ 24.95) // Journal of Social History. - 2007-09-01. - T. 41 , no. 1 . - pp . 210-212 . - ISSN 1527-1897 0022-4529, 1527-1897 . - DOI : 10.1353 / jsh.2007.0128 .
- ↑ Martin. More than Petticoats . p. 52-53.
- Cl Among the Clarke County's notable women were the first black female education administrator; opponent of women's suffrage | Online Athens (February 11, 2017). The appeal date is October 28, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Rebecca Ann Felton | American political activist , Encyclopedia Britannica . The appeal date is October 27, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Mrs. Felton Dies (Eng.) , The New York Times (1930). The appeal date is May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Steinhauer, Jennifer . Women Make New Gains in the Senate (English) , The New York Times (March 21, 2013). The appeal date is May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Rebecca Ann Felton | American political activist , Encyclopedia Britannica . The appeal date is May 29, 2018.
- Sen US Senate: Rebecca Latimer Felton: A Featured Biography . www.senate.gov. The appeal date is May 30, 2018.
- ↑ Felton, Rebecca Latimer (1919). Country Life in Georgia . Atlanta: Index Printing Company. p. 253.
- ↑ John Mckay. It Happened in Atlanta: Remarkable Events That Shaped History . - Rowman & Littlefield, 2011-08-02. - 211 s. - ISBN 9780762768264 .
- ↑ Litwack, 1999 , p. 100.
- ↑ Litwack, 1999 , p. 213.
- ↑ Litwack, 1999 , p. 221.
- ↑ Rebecca Latimer Felton. "My Memoirs of Georgia Politics," . - Andesite Press, 2015-08-08. - 700 s. - ISBN 9781296562816 .
- ↑ search results. Country Life in Georgia . - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016-12-22. - 506 s. - ISBN 9781541241442 .
Literature
- Litwack, Leon F. Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow. - 1st. - New York: Vintage Books, 1999. - ISBN 978-0-375-70263-1 . ( eng .)
See also
- US Senate Women
- Hattie Caraway