Spencer, Cornelia Phillips (1825–1908)
Spencer, Cornelia Phillips (1825–1908)
American writer and education reformer. Born Cornelia Ann Phillips, Mar 20, 1825, in Harlem, NY; died Mar 11, 1908, in Cambridge, MA; dau. of James (mathematics professor and minister) and Judith Vermeule Phillips; sister of Samuel Phillips (solicitor general of US); m. James Monroe Spencer (lawyer), June 20, 1855 (died 1861); children: June Spencer Love; grandmother of Cornelia Spencer Love (librarian at Univ. of North Carolina, 1917–1948).
Contributed series "The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina" to Watchman magazine (1866); wrote articles and letters to influential people in a campaign to reopen University of North Carolina.
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