scholars abroad. In Cincinnati, she became prominent in civic affairs, including organizing school mothers’ clubs; launching a summer program from the city's poor children; establishing the Fresh Air Movement; and serving as president of the Woman's Rotary Club in 1914. Personal life In 1858, she married Reverend W. Kennedy Brown. Together, they had six children: Orvon Graff (1863), Westanna O’Neil, Charme, Richard McClellan, Marie, and Kleon Thaw (1886). After four days of illness, Brown died on August 31, 1916 in Dayton, Ohio of ptomaine poisoning, after being ill for four days. Her papers are held in a collection by Wright State University. References Attribution 1838 births 1916 deaths American social reformers Women in Ohio politics Ohio Prohibitionists People from Baltimore 19th-century American non-fiction writers 19th-century American women writers Woman's Christian Temperance Union people Ohio Wesleyan University people Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Woman of the Century