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181855 9/16/03 10:34AM Page If
Wisconsin Magazine of History
Speaking with an Equal Voice
The Reform Efforts of Milwaukee's Mary Blanchard Lynde
By EUen D. Langill
The lake schooner bearing Mary Blanchard Lynde to Mil¬ waukee's shore rocked gently. The quiet rhythm of Lake Michigan and the darkness of the June night allowed the twenty-one year old her final moments of contemplation as each second she moved closer to her new home. These would also be the fmal moments of her honeymoon, if one could apply that romantic a term to the succession of boat trips she had taken over the last few weeks: from her hometown of Tuxton in upstate New York, where she and William Pitt Lynde had just married, to Buffalo on an Erie Canal packet boat, and then to a vessel that had carried them from Lake Erie, across Lake Huron, and nearly the entire length of Lake Michigan. Apparently, there would be one more change of ship before they reached land. Milwaukee in the year 1841 had no wharves large enough for lake schooners to land.
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Autumn 2003
Object Description
| Title | Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 87, number 1, autumn 2003 |
| Article Title | Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 87, number 1, autumn 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 87, no. 1 |
| Format-Digital | xml |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2007 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol87no010000 |
| Description | This issue includes articles on the Wintermutes’ gigantic little circus, the reform work of Milwaukee’s Mary Blanchard Lynde, and photographer Albert Hansen’s photographs of the Menominee. |
| Volume | 087 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year | 2003-2004 |
Description
| Title | 18 |
| Page Number | 18 |
| Article Title | Speaking with an equal voice: the reform efforts of Milwaukee's Mary Blanchard Lynde |
| Author | Langill, Ellen |
| Page type | Article home |
| Format-Digital | jpeg |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2007 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol87no010020 |
| Description | Speaking with an Equal Voice: Subtitled "The Reform Efforts of Milwaukee’s Mary Blanchard Lynde" this article details the life and work of political pioneer Lynde (1820-1897), who fought for the safety and education of women and children in Wisconsin for 50 years. Born in Tuxton, New York, Lynde was a recent graduate of a female seminary when she moved to Milwaukee with her new husband William Pitt Lynde (1817-1885) in 1842. Following her husband’s stint in the U.S. House, as well as a term as mayor of Milwaukee (in 1871), Lynde was appointed to the State Board of Charities and Reform, the first woman in Wisconsin to serve on a state board. One of her primary concerns was the welfare of women and children in state institutions, and following a lengthy political battle the state's Industrial School for Girls was opened in 1875. Lynde continued to champion women’s rights into her seventies, and her final achievement was to successfully campaign for a separate building celebrating the achievements of women at the World’s Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) in Chicago in 1893. (12 pages) |
| Volume | 087 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year | 2003-2004 |
| State/Province | Wisconsin; |
| County | Milwaukee County; |
| Community | Milwaukee; |
| Decade | 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; |
| Personal Name | Lynde, Mary Blanchard, 1820-1897; Lynde, William Pitt, 1817-1885; |
| Organization Name | Wisconsin State Board of Charities & Reform; Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls; |
| Subject | Women; Child welfare; Social welfare; |
| Full Text | 181855 9/16/03 10:34AM Page If Wisconsin Magazine of History Speaking with an Equal Voice The Reform Efforts of Milwaukee's Mary Blanchard Lynde By EUen D. Langill The lake schooner bearing Mary Blanchard Lynde to Mil¬ waukee's shore rocked gently. The quiet rhythm of Lake Michigan and the darkness of the June night allowed the twenty-one year old her final moments of contemplation as each second she moved closer to her new home. These would also be the fmal moments of her honeymoon, if one could apply that romantic a term to the succession of boat trips she had taken over the last few weeks: from her hometown of Tuxton in upstate New York, where she and William Pitt Lynde had just married, to Buffalo on an Erie Canal packet boat, and then to a vessel that had carried them from Lake Erie, across Lake Huron, and nearly the entire length of Lake Michigan. Apparently, there would be one more change of ship before they reached land. Milwaukee in the year 1841 had no wharves large enough for lake schooners to land. m Autumn 2003 |