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Author: Ida Whipple Benham

Ida Whipple Benham, peace advocate, born in a farmhouse in Ledyard, Conn., January 9, 1849. She is a daughter of Timothy and Lucy Ann Geer Whipple, and comes from a Quaker family. At an early age she began to write verses. At the age of thirteen years she taught a country school. She was married April 14, 1869, to Elijah B. Benham, of Groton, Conn. She was early made familiar with the reforms advocated by the Quakers, such as temperance, anti-slavery, and the abolition of war. She has lectured on peace and temperance. She was a director fo the American Peace Society, and a member of the executive committee of theUniversal Peace Union. She takes a conspicuous part in the large pece conventions held annually in Mystic, Conn., and she held a m… Go to person page >