Alice Mary Longfellow

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Alice Mary Longfellow was an American philanthropist and preservationist best known for her work in historic education and for helping to preserve her father Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Cambridge home as a national literary landmark.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
human
philanthropist
preservationist
associatedWith Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
birthDate 1850-09-22
birthPlace Cambridge, Massachusetts
causeOfNotability leadership in preserving her family home as a historic site
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1928-12-07
deathPlace Cambridge, Massachusetts
educatedAt Harvard Annex
Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women
era 19th century
early 20th century
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Longfellow
father Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
fieldOfWork historic education
historic preservation
gender female
givenName Alice
hasAncestor Samuel Longfellow
hasRelative Thomas Gold Appleton
heritage New England Brahmin
knownAs Alice Longfellow
Miss Longfellow
languageSpoken English
memberOf Radcliffe College governing boards
Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women
mother Frances Appleton Longfellow
name Alice Mary Longfellow
notableFor helping preserve Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Cambridge home as a national literary landmark
supporting higher education for women
notableWork preservation of the Longfellow House in Cambridge, Massachusetts
occupation philanthropist
preservationist
placeOfActivity Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
religion Unitarianism
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts
sibling Charles Appleton Longfellow
Edith Longfellow
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow


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