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HARBERT, ELIZABETH MORRISSON BOYNTON (MRS. WILLIAM S.): 1845-1925.

Born in Crawfordsville, Ind., on Apr. 15, 1845, Elizabeth Boynton Harbert , daughter of William and Abbey Upton Sweetser Boynton, graduated from Terre Haute Female College in 1862 and received the Ph.D. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University. She was married to William Soesby Harbert on Oct. 18, 1870.

For eight years she was editor of "Woman's Kingdom, " a department of the CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN and for one year editor of THE NEW ERA. She also contributed to THE ARENA, THE COMING AGE, WOMAN'S JOURNAL, and other periodicals. She was a prominent clubwoman, lecturer, and worker for woman's suffrage. She died Jan. 19, 1925.

Information from Who Was Who in America.

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