Martha E. Sewall Curtis

Martha E. Sewall Curtis (May 18, 1858 – April 27, 1915) was an American woman suffragist and writer. She delivered notable lectures at the meetings of the National Woman Suffrage Association in Boston. For years, she edited a weekly woman's column in the News, of Woburn, Massachusetts, and was president of the Woburn Equal Suffrage League. For a number of years, she conducted in Boston a bureau of stenography and employed about 20 women. Her publications included Burlington Church, Burlington (1890), and Ye olde meeting house (1909).

Early years and education Martha Elizabeth Sewall was born in Burlington, Massachusetts, May 18, 1858. She was descended from one of the oldest families of New England. Her parents were Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Brown Sewall. For many years, her father served as Town Clerk at Burlington. Her paternal grandfather, Rev. Samuel Sewall, minister of the Old South Church, and author of the history of Woburn. Her great-grandfather was Judge Sewall, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice, who was affiliated with the Salem witch trials. She died April 27, 1915, at her home in Burlington.

Selected works

Burlington Church. 150th anniversary. Burlington, Mass., 1885 Burlington, 1890 Ye olde meeting house : addresses and verses relating to the meeting house, Burlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built 1732, and other historical addresses, 1909 (Text)