Talk:Annie Bidwell

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message: This article is in two sections, one with bullet points, and needs to be integrated. It sounds like someone's middle school class project.Parkwells (talk) 16:37, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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Quote: ”Day so lovely I passed a couple of hours in the grounds, and as the sun lowered, went to the glass room in the tower for a n hour, to enjoy grand scenery and sun-warmth.” - Annie Bidwell
Born:June 30, 1839 in Meadville, Pennsylvania Died: March 9, 1918 Full name: Annie Ellicott Kennedy(Maiden name)
Early Life: The second child of four children. Her father was in charge of the United States Census in 1850 and 1860. Annie grew up in Washington D.C. and attended finishing school. She converted to Presbyterianism, when she was a teenager, and she supported the temperance movement. She volunteered as nurse when the Civil War broke out. When John Bidwell arrived in Washington in D.C., he was working with Annie's father. He had many visits to the family's house for dinners. The two courted for a long time. They married at her family's home on April 16. 1868. Annie encouraged John to become a Christian and to give up alcohol. Together they lived in a mansion in Chico, California, a town he founded. She was very active in society.
Role in Society: She was a member and vice president of the National Women's Indian Association. Was active in the state and national Indian associations. She was a botanist and she found a first specimen that was named Bidwell's knotweed. Was a supporter of the women's suffrage and the temperance movement. She instructed the building of the Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church completed in 1909 and she was a dedicated Presbyterian. Annie Bidwell donated about 2,000 acres to a park in Chico, the city that her husband found. Hosted many important figures such as John Muir and Susan B. Anthony. She taught local tribe members how to read, write, and sew. She made close bonds with the members. She advocated for Indian rights. Annie left land and money for the Indian tribe. She provided leadership in the causes she supported.
Husband(John Bidwell): Was a Union general. He was a rancher, politician, philanthropist, botanist, and geologist and he led the first wagon trail to California in 1841. He was a U.S. representative, and the 1892 Presidential candidate on the Prohibition Party ticket.
Their mansion: Lived in a three-story mansion with 26 rooms at Rancho del Arroyo Chico. Their mansion has complete gas lighting with 19th-century modern plumbing and water systems. Some guests that visited the mansion were Rutherford B. Hayes, General William T. Sherman, Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard, Governor Stanford, John Muir, and Asa Gray.
Role in Society: She was a member and vice president of the National Women's Indian Association. Was active in the state and national Indian associations. She was a botanist and she found a first specimen that was named Bidwell's knotweed. Was a supporter of the women's suffrage and the temperance movement. She instructed the building of the Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church completed in 1909 and she was a dedicated Presbyterian. Annie Bidwell donated about 2,000 acres to a park in Chico, the city that her husband found. Hosted many important figures such as John Muir and Susan B. Anthony. She taught local tribe members how to read, write, and sew. She made close bonds with the members. She advocated for Indian rights. Annie left land and money for the Indian tribe. She provided leadership in the causes she supported.
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