Rose Morgan French Explained

Rose Morgan French
Birth Date:June 15, 1859
Birth Place:Oswego, New York
Death Date:January 9, 1929 (aged 69)
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Occupation:Suffragist, peace activist

Rose Morgan French (June 15, 1859 – January 9, 1929) was an American suffragist, temperance and peace activist. She represented California suffragists as a delegate to the International Congress of Women, when it met in The Hague in 1915, and in Zürich in 1919.

Early life

Rose E. Morgan was born in Oswego, New York.[1]

Career

French was President of the Women's Federation of Public Good in San Francisco. She was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), and the California Equal Suffrage Association. She was a member of the board of directors of the California Girls' Training Home, volunteered as a "special police officer",[2] and advocated for prisoners' rights.[3] "We have the brotherhood of man," she said in a 1911 speech, adding that "what we need sadly is the sisterhood of woman." After California women won the right to vote, she traveled to other states campaigning for women's suffrage.[4] [5]

She was a delegate to the International Congress of Women at its 1915 meeting in the Hague,[6] [7] [8] and at its 1919 meeting in Zürich.[9] [10] She corresponded with Jane Addams and was close to Hungarian feminist Rosika Schwimmer.[11] [12]

Personal life

Morgan married English-born ophthalmologist Hayes Clifton French in 1878. They had a son who died young, and two daughters, Victoria and Davida.[13] [14] Her husband died in 1902,[15] and she died in 1929, at the age of 69, from injuries sustained in a car accident in Los Angeles.[16] [17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Chavez, Kenya. "Biography of Rose Morgan French (1859-1929)" Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920, Alexander Street Documents.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qvAZ8MIP4VcC&dq=%22Rose+Morgan+French%22&pg=PA28 "Mrs. Rose Morgan French of U.S.A., First Special Police Officer in San Francisco, California"
  3. Morgan . Angela . May 22, 1915 . The Women's Congress at The Hague . The Christian Work . 98 . 2316 . 662. 0691016755 .
  4. Book: Finnegan, Margaret Mary . Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture & Votes for Women . 1999 . Columbia University Press . 978-0-231-10738-9 . 99 . en.
  5. McIntosh . George A. . August 10, 1914 . Cleveland Letter . Herald and Presbyter . 12.
  6. Web site: American Delegation to International Congress of Women, The Hague (The Netherlands), 1915 . 2023-01-06 . Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
  7. News: May 17, 1915 . American Delegation to Women's Peace Congress at The Hague . 26 . Brooklyn Daily Eagle . January 6, 2023 . Brooklyn Newsstand.
  8. News: May 1, 1915 . War Notes Struck at Peace Conference . 1 . Daily Oregonian . January 6, 2023.
  9. Web site: French, Rose Morgan (1859-1929) . 2023-01-06 . Jane Addams Digital Edition.
  10. Web site: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Photograph Exhibit, 2nd International WILPF Congress, Zurich 1919 . 2023-01-06 . Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
  11. Book: Rupp, Leila J. . Worlds of Women: The Making of an International Women's Movement . 1997-11-30 . Princeton University Press . 978-0-691-01675-7 . 197 . en.
  12. Taylor . Verta . Rupp . Leila . 2002-06-01 . Loving Internationalism: The Emotion Culture of Transnational Women's Organizations, 1888-1945 . Mobilization: An International Quarterly . en . 7 . 2 . 141–158 . 10.17813/maiq.7.2.fw3t5032xkq5l62h . 1086-671X.
  13. News: July 9, 1919 . Cal. Woman Gets Medal from Belgium's Queen . 18 . San Francisco Call and Post . January 6, 2023 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  14. Web site: Guide to the Davida Catherine French Papers . 2023-01-06 . Stanford University Libraries.
  15. May 1902 . Hayes Clifton French, M.D. . The Pacific Coast Journal of Homeopathy . 10 . 135–136.
  16. News: February 8, 1929 . Early Settler of Greenfield Dies . 7 . King City Rustler . January 6, 2023 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  17. News: January 12, 1929 . Welfare Worker, Known Here, Dies . 3 . Woodland Daily Democrat . January 6, 2023 . NewspaperArchive.com.

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