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She appeared upon the lecture platform with success. On the occasion of her departure from
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391:. Her poetical address on "Woman's Sphere" was delivered before a National Woman's Suffrage Convention. She was selected as one of the speakers at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. She died in Washington City, where the latter part of her life was spent.
305:, which town they helped to found. For more than a century, from father to son, the Parkers were deacons and leaders of the choir in the Congregational Church. When Emily's grandfather married, the couple took a wedding journey in a sleigh to find a new home in
309:, taking with them their household goods. Twenty years later, their daughter, Harriet Parker, was married to James M. Thornton, a civil engineer, son of Elisha. The young couple moved to Lafayette, where Mr. Thornton established a large manufactory.
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At the age of 16, she became a teacher. She married, in 1861, Daniel B. Charles, son of a businessman long established in
Indianapolis. At the age of 24, she was left a widow, in delicate health, with two young children dependent upon her.
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In 1874, she began to write for a livelihood, doing reporting and editorial work for
Indianapolis papers and correspondence for outside publications. In 1876, she published her first volume of verse under the title
269:, March 21, 1845, She comes of English ancestors, the Thorntons and Parkers. On the paternal side, the Thorntons were noted as original thinkers. Her great-grandfather, Elisha Thornton, carried a sword in the
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In 1883, because of overwork, she was confined to her bed for an entire year. While recovering slowly, she spent the year in revising and preparing for publication her later poems. The work appeared in
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