Mary Hannah Krout
Mary Hannah Krout was an American journalist, author, and advocate for womens suffrage.
Krout was born November 3, 1851 in Crawfordsville, Indiana to Robert Kennedy and Caroline VanCleve Krout. She attended a subscription school in Crawfordsville and then a public school. While still in school she had she had several poems published, including Little Brown Hands, which was widely reprinted and even incorporated into grade school readers.She soon began her speaking career, adressing a Lafayette audience on womens suffrage. She taught for over a decade and began writing for newspapers. She got a job with the Crawfordsville Journal in 1879 and became the associate editor in 1881. She became editor of the Terre Haute Express in 1882.
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