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Blanche Butler Ames (March 2, 1847 – December 26, 1939) was the wife of Adelbert Ames, a decorated general of the American Civil War and Senator and Governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction.
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Borderland Mansion, Library Room. Blanche Ames, a Republican, was a deeply political person and outspoken feminist who lobbied hard for suffrage and for women’s right to birth control. In 1916 she cofounded the Birth Control League of Massachusetts, affiliated with the national group led by Margaret Sanger.
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Blanche Butler Ames was the wife of Adelbert Ames, a decorated general of the American Civil War and Senator and Governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction.
In Washington, Ames met and married on July 21, 1870, Blanche Butler, daughter of his former commander, then US Representative Benjamin Butler, later a one-term governor of Massachusetts. The couple had six children, including Blanche Ames Ames (the suffragist and cartoonist), Adelbert Ames Jr., and Butler Ames.
Born February 18, 1878, in Lowell, Massachusetts; died in North Easton, Massachusetts, in 1969; daughter and fourth of six children of Adelbert (a Civil War general, U.S. Senator, and governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction) and Blanche (Butler) Ames; graduated Rogers Hall School, Lowell, Massachusetts; awarded B.A., Smith College, 1899;
Biographies. Blanche Ames Ames (1878-1969) Artist, inventor, women’s rights advocate. By Mariana Brandman, Ph.D. The holder of three scientific patents, a renowned botanical illustrator, a sought-after portrait painter, and a color theory expert, Blanche Ames Ames was also a fervent advocate for women’s suffrage and birth control.
