Amanda L. Aikens, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Amanda L. Aikens

American editor, philanthropist (1833-1892)

Date of Birth: 12-May-1833

Date of Death: 20-May-1892

Profession: writer, philanthropist, newspaper editor

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Amanda L.
Aikens (May 12, 1833 - May 20, 1892) was an American editor and philanthropist. In 1887, she began to edit the "Woman's World", a department in her husband's paper, the Evening Wisconsin.
During the Civil War, she was one of the noted women workers, and it was through her public appeals that the question of the national soldiers' homes was agitated.
She raised money in Wisconsin for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, for the purpose of having women admitted on equal terms with men.
She took an active interest in all charity and educational work in her state.
Aikens was instrumental in founding the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls, and was a member of the Humane Society, the Woman's Club, and the Athenaeum.