Elizabeth Avery Meriwether
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Elizabeth Avery Meriwether was an American writer and an activist in the suffrage movement.
Photo of Elizabeth Avery Meriwether by Takuma Kajiwara
In 1910, Elizabeth Meriwether lived in St. Louis with her son, Lee Meriwether, where she sat for this sketch by journalist Marguerite Martyn.
From a modern statue - Tennessee Woman Suffrage Memorial
Bolivar, Tennessee
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Bolivar is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bolivar had a population of 5,205.
Elizabeth Avery Meriwether
…Avery Meriwether (January 19, 1824 – November 4, 1916) was an American writer and an activist in the suffrage movement. Elizabeth Avery was born in Bolivar, Tennessee, on January 19, 1824. She had two siblings: Nathan Avery and Rebecca Rivers Avery. Her parents moved to Memphis when she was nine years old. She attended…
Downtown Bolivar