Helen Pitts Douglass

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abolitionist human suffragist women's rights activist

Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist → human → suffragist → women's rights activist →
burialPlace	Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York →
causeOfNotability	interracial marriage to Frederick Douglass →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1838-10-22 →
dateOfDeath	1903-12-01 →
educatedAt	Mount Holyoke Female Seminary →
employer	Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C. →
endTimeOfSpouseRelationship	1895 →
ethnicGroup	white American →
familyName	Douglass → Pitts →
father	Gideon Pitts Jr. →
founded	Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association →
givenName	Helen →
knownFor	advocacy for abolition of slavery → advocacy for women's suffrage → being the second wife of Frederick Douglass → preserving the legacy of Frederick Douglass →
languageSpoken	English →
mother	Jane Wills Pitts →
movement	abolitionism → civil rights movement → women's suffrage movement →
name	Helen Pitts Douglass →
notableWork	founding of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association → preservation of Cedar Hill, Frederick Douglass's home →
occupation	editor → teacher →
placeOfBirth	Honeoye, New York →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
politicalAlignment	Republican Party (19th century) →
purposeOfFoundedOrganization	to preserve Frederick Douglass's home and legacy →
relative	Gideon Pitts Jr. →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Cedar Hill, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. → Washington, D.C. →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Frederick Douglass →
startTimeOfSpouseRelationship	1884 →
workedOn	campaigns for women's voting rights → lectures promoting Frederick Douglass's life and work →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frederick Douglass → Frederick Douglass →	spouse
Pitts →	hasNotableBearer
Helen Pitts Douglass →	name
Gideon Pitts Jr. →	relative
Pitts →	usedBy