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Blanche Butler Ames (March 2, 1847 – December 26, 1939) was the wife of Adelbert Ames, a decorated general of the American Civil War and Senator and Governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction.
Blanche Butler Ames was the wife of Adelbert Ames, a decorated general of the American Civil War and Senator and Governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction.
Blanche Ames, a Republican, was a deeply political person and outspoken feminist who lobbied hard for suffrage and for women’s right to birth control. In 1916 she cofounded the Birth Control League of Massachusetts, affiliated with the national group led by Margaret Sanger.
- Emily Mace
Blanche Ames was soon renowned as the foremost American botanical illustrator of the age. Using the microscope and another optical device, a camera lucida, she captured the intricate form of orchids: the delicate root hairs and rhizomes, the anther cap perched over the pollen bundles, the succulent pseudobulbs.
Blanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was an American artist, political activist, inventor, writer, and prominent supporter of women's suffrage and birth control . Personal life [ edit]
Artist, inventor, women’s rights advocate. By Mariana Brandman, Ph.D. The holder of three scientific patents, a renowned botanical illustrator, a sought-after portrait painter, and a color theory expert, Blanche Ames Ames was also a fervent advocate for women’s suffrage and birth control.
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Chronicles from the nineteenth century; family letters of Blanche Butler and Adelbert Ames, married July 21st, 1870 / compiled by Blanche Butler Ames, 1935. by Ames, Blanche Butler, 1847-1939.
