Eliza Gamble

Eliza Burt Gamble was an intellectual active in the 19th and early 20th centuries. She was an advocate of the Womens Movement, a mother, a writer, and a teacher from Michigan. Gambles writings pioneered the use of evolutionary theory as a resource for making claims about women. Her work engaged with Charles Darwins theory of sexual selection. Her work paid significant attention to the importance of gender in evolution.

Gamble was born on June 4, 1841, in Concord, Michigan, to Luther Burt Jr. and Florinda Horton. On June 27, 1843 Luther died and on August 4, 1857, Florinda died. To earn a living Eliza began working as a schoolteacher in public schools in Concord, Michigan. After five years teaching in district schools, Eliza rose to become the assistant superintendent of the East Saginaw high school. On January 4, 1865, she married James Gamble in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Eliza and James had three children, but only two of their children were still living on June 22, 1900, when a census was taken. William was born in January 1871 and Helen was born on November 1, 1872. Elizas daughter Kate died in infancy.

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