Lorenza Haynes was an American librarian, minister, school founder, suffragist, and writer.
16 Facts About Lorenza Haynes
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Lorenza Haynes delivered her first sermon as pastor on July 26,1874.
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Lorenza Haynes served as chaplain of the Soldier's Home at Togus.
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Lorenza Haynes was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, April 15,1820.
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Lorenza Haynes was the youngest of nine children, their parents being Anna and Sudbury, Massachusetts-born Gideon Haynes.
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From childhood, Lorenza Haynes showed an unusual interest in books, and, raised in a town which had a library and an annual course of lectures, she became a constant reader and student.
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Lorenza Haynes passed through the grades of the public schools, and then attended the Waltham Academy of Louis Smith.
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Lorenza Haynes taught one of the public schools in her native town for nearly two years, but her love for studying was so strong that she went for a time to the academy in Leicester, Massachusetts.
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Lorenza Haynes afterwards held the position of lady principal at the Academy in Chester, New Hampshire.
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Lorenza Haynes subsequently established a young ladies' seminary in Rochester, New York.
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Lorenza Haynes provided services over parishes in Fairfield, Maine, Rockport, Massachusetts, and Skowhegan, Maine.
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Lorenza Haynes often found her labors exceedingly arduous, especially during Maine winters, preaching sometimes in two or three places the same day.
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Lorenza Haynes left her parish in Fairfield, in 1883, for a European tour.
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Lorenza Haynes was from its organization a member and first vice-president of the Woman's Ministerial Conference.
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Lorenza Haynes often spoke upon platforms and before legislative committees in the State Houses of Massachusetts and Maine.
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Lorenza Haynes's niece, Inez Haynes Irwin, was an American feminist author, journalist, and president of the Authors Guild.