Katharine Dooris Sharp | |
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Born | Emily Katharine Dooris 1846 |
Died | 1935 (aged 88–89) |
Nationality | Irish-American |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Botanist, Suffragist |
Spouse | Henry James Sharp |
E. Katharine Dooris Sharp (1846–1935) was an American botanist, poet, and suffragist. She was the author of Summer in a Bog. [1]
Emily Katharine Dooris was born in Ulster, Ireland and raised in Zanesville, Ohio. She was the daughter of Margaret (Dejoynstyn) and John Dooris. [2] [3] She married Henry James Sharp, a medical doctor, around 1872. [4] The couple lived in London, Ohio, where Sharp became interested in botany. She contributed more than 400 specimens to the State Herbarium of Ohio during the period of 1899-1906. One of these, Armoracia aquatica, was rare to the area. [4]
Sharp began her writing career with a volume of poems, Eleanor's Courtship and The Songs that Sang Themselves, published in 1888. She also wrote fiction and non-fiction. [2] Sharp supported women's suffrage and wrote a series of articles, entitled "Women and the Elective Franchise," in a local newspaper around 1894. [2]
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Katharine Dooris Sharp | |
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Born | Emily Katharine Dooris 1846 |
Died | 1935 (aged 88–89) |
Nationality | Irish-American |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Botanist, Suffragist |
Spouse | Henry James Sharp |
E. Katharine Dooris Sharp (1846–1935) was an American botanist, poet, and suffragist. She was the author of Summer in a Bog. [1]
Emily Katharine Dooris was born in Ulster, Ireland and raised in Zanesville, Ohio. She was the daughter of Margaret (Dejoynstyn) and John Dooris. [2] [3] She married Henry James Sharp, a medical doctor, around 1872. [4] The couple lived in London, Ohio, where Sharp became interested in botany. She contributed more than 400 specimens to the State Herbarium of Ohio during the period of 1899-1906. One of these, Armoracia aquatica, was rare to the area. [4]
Sharp began her writing career with a volume of poems, Eleanor's Courtship and The Songs that Sang Themselves, published in 1888. She also wrote fiction and non-fiction. [2] Sharp supported women's suffrage and wrote a series of articles, entitled "Women and the Elective Franchise," in a local newspaper around 1894. [2]
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