Martha Ellicott Tyson
Martha Ellicott Tyson | |
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Martha Ellicott Tyson (1795-1873), Quaker elder, co-founder of Swarthmore College, and author | |
| Born | September 13, 1795 Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, US |
| Died | March 5, 1873 (aged 77) Baltimore, Maryland, US |
| Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Spouse(s) | Nathan Tyson, son of Elisha Tyson |
| Children | 12 |
| Parent(s) | George and Elizabeth (Brooke) Ellicott |
Martha Ellicott Tyson (September 13, 1795 – March 5, 1873) was an Elder of the Quaker Meeting in Baltimore, an anti-slavery and women's rights advocate, historian, and a co-founder of Swarthmore College. She was married to Nathan Tyson, a merchant whose father was the emancipator and abolitionist Elisha Tyson. She was the great-great grandmother of Maryland state senator James A. Clark Jr. (1918–2006). She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 1988.