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Virginia Hewlett Douglass (June 1, 1849 – December 14, 1889; née Virginia Lewis Molyneaux Hewlett) was an African-American suffragist. She was married to Frederick Douglass, Jr. Biography
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- June 1, 1849, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- December 14, 1889 (aged 40), United States
- Frederick Douglass, Jr.
Biography of Virginia Hewlett Douglass, 1849-1889. By Thomas Dublin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University. Virginia Molyneaux Hewlett was born in New York in 1849, the third child of Aaron and Virginia Josephine Hewlett. In 1850 the family lived in Brooklyn; Aaron was a delivery clerk and owned $500 of real property.
Virginia Hewlett Douglass died on December 14, 1889, at age 41; her death was listed as consumption. She was buried in Graceland Cemetery and later moved to Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington, DC. After her death, her brother Emanuel D. Molyneaux Hewlett took custody of her two minor children, Charles Paul and Robert Smalls.
May 29, 2019. This hand-colored carte de visite depicts Virginia L. Molyneaux Hewlett Douglass, who married Frederick Douglass, Jr., the son of the famous African American leader. The...
Virginia L. Molyneaux Hewlett Douglass. Active in the anti-slavery and women’s suffrage movements and spoke out against school segregation and prejudice. Was married to Frederick Douglass, Jr., son of leading activist Frederick Douglass. Leonard A. and Octavia J. Grimes.
1 de may. de 2024 · Virginia Molyneaux Hewlett Douglass (1849–1889) | COURTESY OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM; Portrait by G. H. Loomis, Boston, ca. 1869. One of the subjects is George Lewis Ruffin, LL.B. 1869, the first black person to earn a law degree from Harvard, who, in 1883, became the first black judge in Massachusetts.
26 de abr. de 2024 · Women's Activism NYC. Virginia Hewlett Douglass. 1849 - 1889. By: Kam Singh | Date Added: April 26, 2024. Virginia Hewlett Douglass was an African American suffragist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1849. Hewlett was the daughter of the first Black instructor at Harvard University, Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett. Mr.
