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After Douglass' death in 1895, she worked tirelessly to save Cedar Hills, their Washington home, as a memorial to her late husband. Helen Pitts Douglass died in 1903 at the age of 65. She wanted to be buried on the grounds of Cedar Hill, but Washington laws prevented burials on home grounds. No funeral services were held in Washington or Rochester.
Helen Pitts Douglass (1838-1903) 1880. By J.H. Kent, Rochester, New York. Helen Pitts Douglass was Frederick Douglass' second wife. She was from Honeoye, New York. Her parents, Gideon and Jane Wells Pitts were both abolitionists. Helen's ancestors can be tracked to the Mayflower. She attended Mt. Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts.
In 1900 Helen Pitts Douglass, Douglass’s second wife, established the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association so that the home and its contents might be maintained after her death. The association held the property from 1903 until 1916, when it joined forces with the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs.
Helen Pitts Douglass (1838-1903) 1880 By J.H. Kent, Rochester, New York Helen Pitts Douglass was Frederick Douglass' second wife. She was from Honeoye, New York. Her parents, Gideon and Jane Wells Pitts were both abolitionists. Helen's ancestors can be tracked to the Mayflower. She attended Mt. Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts.
Douglass, Helen Pitts (1838–1903)American feminist. Name variations: Mrs. Frederick Douglass. Born Helen Pitts 1838 in Honeoye, NY; died 1903; dau. of Gideon Pitts Jr. (abolitionist and colleague of Frederick Douglass); graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary; became 2nd wife of Frederick Douglass (1818–1895, freedom fighter and orator), 1884; no children.
20 de mar. de 2018 · Helen Pitts Douglass, Douglass’s second wife Helen Pitts was born in 1838 in Honeoye, New York. After graduating in 1859 from the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College), she taught at the Hampton Institute in Virginia before moving to Washington, DC.
8 de nov. de 2018 · Two years after Anna died in 1882, Douglass married Helen Pitts, a Mount Holyoke College–educated white former abolitionist 20 years his junior. They tried to keep the marriage quiet; ...
