Adele M. Fielde

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Adele Marion Fielde
Born
Adelia Field

(1839-03-30)March 30, 1839
DiedFebruary 23, 1916(1916-02-23) (aged 76)
Parent(s)Leighton Field and Sophia (Tiffany) Field
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Adele Marion Fielde (born Adelia Field) (March 30, 1839 – February 23, 1916)[1] was a social activist, Baptist missionary, scientist, and writer.[2][3]

She was born in East Rodman, New York on March 30, 1839 to Leighton Field and Sophia Field. She graduated from New York State Normal School in Albany in 1860.[1]

In 1894, after the defeat of the women's suffrage amendment to the New York State constitution, Fielde was one of six prominent suffragists who founded the League for Political Education.

Selected works

  • Fielde, Adele M. (1894). A corner of Cathay: studies from life among the Chinese. New York: Macmillan and Co. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  • Pagoda shadows : studies from life in China (3rd ed.). Boston: W.G. Corthell. 1885. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  • Fielde, Adele M. (1914). Parliamentary procedure; a compendium of its rules compiled from the latest and highest authorities, for the use of students and for the guidance of officers and members of clubs, societies, boards, committees, and all deliberative bodies. Seattle, WA: Helen N. Stevens. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  • Fielde, Adele M. (1883). A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones. Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  • Fielde, Adele M. (1878). First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect. Swatow: Swatow Printing Office Company. Retrieved 2015-04-01.

References

  1. ^ a b Stevens, Helen Norton (1918). Memorial Biography of Adele M. Fielde: Humanitarian. Fielde Memorial Committee.
  2. ^ Tucker, Ruth A. "Adele M. Fielde". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ^ Warren, Leonard (14 January 2004). Adele Marion Fielde: Feminist, Social Activist, Scientist. Routledge. ISBN 9781134488155.