Osborn, Sarah (1714–1796)
Osborn, Sarah (1714–1796)
American diarist. Name variations: Sarah Haggar Wheaten Osborn. Born Feb 22, 1714, in London, England; died Aug 2, 1796, in Newport, RI.
Devout Puritan Congregationalist, who led a revival (1760s) and whose concern for women's roles led her to integrate men's and women's religious services, was also an abolitionist and held religious meetings for African-Americans; works include The Nature, Certainty, and Evidence of True Christianity (1755), The Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Sarah Osborn (1799), and Familiar Letters Written by Mrs Sarah Osborn, and Miss Susanna Anthony (1807).
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