Eliza Suggs
Eliza Suggs | |
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Eliza Suggs, from the frontispiece of her Shadow and Sunshine (1906). | |
| Born | December 11, 1876 Bureau County, Illinois, US |
| Died | January 29, 1908 (aged 31) Orleans, Nebraska, US |
| Occupation(s) | Temperance activist, Christian speaker, memoirist |
Elizabeth Gertrude Suggs (December 11, 1876 – January 29, 1908) was a 19th-century American author, born to former slaves. Physically impaired with osteogenesis imperfecta, she was able to gain an education and became known as a temperance lecturer. The little that is known about Eliza Suggs can be found in her book, Shadow and Sunshine, published in 1906.