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Jessie Ann Benton Frémont (May 31, 1824 – December 27, 1902) was an American writer and political activist. She was the daughter of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton and the wife of military officer, explorer, and politician John C. Frémont.
27 de may. de 2024 · Jessie Ann Benton Frémont (born May 31, 1824, near Lexington, Va., U.S.—died Dec. 27, 1902, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American writer whose literary career arose largely from her writings in connection with her husband’s career and adventures and from the eventful life she led with him.
12 de ene. de 2020 · Jessie Benton Frémont was a predecessor of the modern political spouse. More than a century and a half ago, she walked into the center of a bitter presidential campaign—cheered by...
Jessie Benton Frémont was a unique 19th-century woman because she had a powerful influence on public events. Her role in John Charles Frémont’s emancipation proclamation, as well as her other public endeavors, made her a hero of the emerging women’s movement at the end of her life.
The wife of the adventurer and army officer John Charles Frémont and the daughter of a Missouri senator, Jessie Benton Frémont defied nineteenth-century gender norms. By involving herself in her husband’s political career, she pursued her own political ambitions, shocking some, impressing others, but ultimately creating a reputation as a ...
Jessie Benton Frémont moved to a house on Black Point on the eve of the Civil War. As the daughter of a prominent anti-slavery senator from Missouri, Jessie was raised in the thick of political life in Washington, D.C.
Jessie Benton Frémont was the daughter of powerful Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, raised in St. Louis and Washington, D.C. Her husband John C. Frémont became a hero known as the “Pathfinder to the West,” but he found it difficult to write about his expeditions.
