. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "American"@en . . "1896"^^ . . . "Cazenovia, New York"@en . "Halsey Fenimore Cooper"@en . . . "1835-12-12"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Cazenovia Seminary, Troy Female Seminary"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Educator, Suffragist"@en . . "Sarah Brown Ingersoll Cooper (December 12, 1835 \u2013 December 11, 1896) was an American educator, author, evangelist, philanthropist, and civicactivist. She is remember as a religious teacher and her efforts to increase the wide interest in kindergarten work. Cooper served as first president of the International Kindergarten Union, president of the National Kindergarten Union, president and vice-president of the Woman's Press Association, president of the Woman's Suffrage Association, and president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She served as vice-president of the Century Club, treasurer of the World's Federation of Woman's Clubs, a director of the Associated Charities, and one of the five women elected to the Pan-Republican Congress. At the 1893 World's Fair, she delivered thirty-six addresses, and on her return, helped to organize the Woman's Congress of which she was president for two years and at the time of her death. Several years before her death, Mrs. Cooper became a convert to equal suffrage and was president of the Amendment Campaign Committee. A few months before she died, Cooper stated that she was an officer of nineteen societies for charitable purposes. She dealt with a voluminous correspondence. The assertion was made that the letters which she answered in the year before she died numbered 11,000. She wrote extensively on topics related to women, children, and education."@en . . . . . . . . . "1124757886"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "14473389"^^ . . . . "1835"^^ . . . "1835-12-12"^^ . "Sarah Brown Ingersoll"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1896-12-11"^^ . . "1855"^^ . "\"A Woman of the Century\""@en . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Sarah Brown Ingersoll Cooper"@en . . . . . . "Sarah Brown Ingersoll"@en . "1885"^^ . . . "18055"^^ . . "1896-12-11"^^ . . . . . . "Sarah Brown Ingersoll Cooper (December 12, 1835 \u2013 December 11, 1896) was an American educator, author, evangelist, philanthropist, and civicactivist. She is remember as a religious teacher and her efforts to increase the wide interest in kindergarten work. Cooper served as first president of the International Kindergarten Union, president of the National Kindergarten Union, president and vice-president of the Woman's Press Association, president of the Woman's Suffrage Association, and president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She served as vice-president of the Century Club, treasurer of the World's Federation of Woman's Clubs, a director of the Associated Charities, and one of the five women elected to the Pan-Republican Congress. At the 1893 World's Fair, she delivered thirty"@en .