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Nelson is Born
Born in Redwing -
*Civil war begins
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*Freedmen's Bureau is established by Congress
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*Civil war ends
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*KKK is founded
Founder: Confederate Civil War veterans Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord -
Nelson married former classmate Ole Nelson.
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Nelson marries Ole
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Nelson's infant son, Cyrus, dies
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Nelson's husband, Ole dies
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*Nelson goes to the South
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*Nelson returned to Columbus, TX
The fall of 1870 -
*Nelson leaves Columbus, TX
The schools close in June for the Summer and with yellow fever spreading, Nelson goes home so she doesn't get sick. -
*Nelson moves to Jonesboro TN
Julia B. Nelson was transferred by the Quakers to Jonesboro,
Tennessee, where she taught at the Warner Institute for the following nine years. -
Nelson became a public speaker for the WCTU
In the early 1880s, Nelson, a member of the Minnesota Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), assumed duty as a public speaker for the group. She also worked as superintendent for the state WCTU and was its vice president. She handled editing the group's newspaper, the Minnesota White Ribboner. -
Nelson helped form the MWSA
Nelson joined fourteen other women, including Dr. Martha George Ripley, in forming the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association (MWSA). -
*Nelson leaves the south
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Nelson became MWSA president
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Nelson allied the MWSA with Ignatius Donnelly
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Nelson resigned from MWSA president
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Nelson gets bronchitis
During the winter of 1912, at age seventy-one, Nelson was diagnosed with bronchitis. -
Nelson attends National Women's Sufferage Convention
Nelson's physician suggested a long rest in Florida, and she followed his advice. But on her way south she stopped in Washington, D.C. to attend the NWSC. -
Nelson began a tour of ND for women's rights
Nelson could not resist working, and in late fall 1914, started a long, painful train tour of North Dakota, working for women's voting rights. -
Nelson dies of pneumonia