About
Poet, author, suffragist, and Spiritualist known for such poetry collections as Driftwood and The Padre's Dream. She spent most of her life in Ohio and Wisconsin.
Before Fame
She was born in Ohio as the fifth child of Mary Eldredge Hart and Alexander Hamilton.
Trivia
She worked during the Civil War era as a nurse for the Union Army.
Family Life
She married Albert Darius Ballou, with whom she subsequently had five children.
Associated With
Like Susan B. Anthony, she fought during the Nineteenth Century for equal rights and suffrage for women.
