Abigail Folsom (18 May 1795 – 5 August 1867) was a 19th-century American feminist and abolitionist .
13-1080: Folsom may refer to: People [ edit ] Folsom (surname) Places in the United States [ edit ] Folsom, Perry County, Alabama Folsom, Randolph County, Alabama Folsom, California Folsom, Georgia Folsom, Louisiana Folsom, Missouri Folsom, New Jersey Folsom, New Mexico Folsom, Ohio Folsom, Pennsylvania Folsom, South Dakota Folsom, Texas Folsom, West Virginia Folsom, Wisconsin Folsom Lake , California Other uses [ edit ] Folsom Europe , an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair held in September in Berlin, Germany Folsom Field , an outdoor football stadium in Boulder, Colorado Folsom Library , research library on
26-496: A few years, she would leave him – possibly due to his excessive drinking – and move to Boston. One historian of Rochester called her "notorious" for her outbursts in church. Ralph Waldo Emerson termed her "the flea of conventions" for her habit of insisting on a woman's right to speak, which would derail abolitionist and other conferences. "She was always in the way at these gatherings, never content to have her own word and subside, but persistent in interrupting other speakers, to
39-545: A high-security penitentiary near the town of Folsom, California Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison , a live country & western music album recorded at the prison in 1968 Folsom Street Fair , held at the end of September during San Francisco's Leather Pride Week Folsom Lake College (FLC) is a comprehensive public community college in California Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
52-470: The "sensations" they engendered – often appeared in antebellum newspapers, and she frequently shared a stage with prominent black activists like Frederick Douglass . She became famous as a reformer and as one of the earliest women lecturers in the United States. She was also known to go into courts, prisons, and jails to advocate for those on trial and then, upon their release, take them into her own home and help them find jobs. Folsom often attended meetings of
65-634: The Lieutenant Governor both before and after that Jonathan P. Folsom (1820–1893), twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts Joseph Libbey Folsom (1817–1855), U.S. Army officer and real estate investor Marion B. Folsom (1893–1976), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Nathaniel Folsom (1726–1790), American merchant and statesman Richard G. Folsom (1907–1996), twelfth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Robert Folsom (1927–2017), American businessman and politician Steve Folsom (born 1958), player with
78-591: The National Football League Tom Folsom (born 1974), writer living in New York William Harrison Folsom (1815–1901), American architect and contractor [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Folsom . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to
91-1156: The Robber Barons David Folsom (born 1947), US District Court Judge Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), who married the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland Frank M. Folsom (1894–1970), electronics company executive Franklin Folsom (1907–1995), children's author and labor activist Fred Folsom (1871–1944), American football coach at the University of Colorado (1895–1915) and Dartmouth College (1903–1906) George Folsom (1802–1869), American antiquarian, librarian, diplomat, lawyer and politician Harriet Amelia Folsom (1838–1910), American pioneer and political influencer; 51st plural wife of Brigham Young J. D. Folsom (born 1984), American football linebacker Jim Folsom , Sr. (1908–1987), American Democratic Governor of Alabama Jim Folsom, Jr. (born 1949), former American Democratic Governor of Alabama, and who also served as
104-678: The campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, located in Troy, New York Folsom point , prototype of a spearpoint or arrowhead that was invented by Native Americans and widely distributed in North America. First discovered near Folsom, New Mexico Folsom Public Library , a library in Folsom, California Folsom tradition , name given by archaeologists to a sequence of old Paleo-Indian cultures of central North America Folsom site , archaeological site in northeastern New Mexico where Folsom Points were first discovered Folsom State Prison ,
117-484: The 💕 Folsom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abby Folsom (died 1867), American feminist and abolitionist Allan Folsom (1941–2014), American motion picture cameraman, editor, writer, and producer Amanda Folsom (born 1979), American mathematician Augustine H. Folsom (died 1926), photographer Beth Folsom , American politician Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (born 1947), American historian and author. Wrote The Myth of
130-426: The irritation and annoyance of the most forbearing and mild-natured of people," according to a Boston Commonwealth obituary notice. "Unquestionably she was insane, and consequently longer borne with than otherwise would have been the case." Wendell Phillips wrote that in spite of this she "had virtues enough to atone a thousand times for all her faults and defects." One source relates the following anecdote: She
143-426: The link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Folsom_(surname)&oldid=1186799860 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Abby Folsom Born Abigail Harford, she married Peter Folsom, who ran a saddler's shop out of their home, on May 29, 1825. Within
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169-421: Was often removed from the halls she afflicted by gentle force. As she was a nonresistant, she never struck back, save with her tongue which was keen enough. One day Wendell Phillips and two others placed her in a chair and were carrying her down the aisle through the crowd when she exclaimed: "I'm better off than my master was. He had but one ass to ride — I have three to carry me." Accounts of her speeches – and
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