Rebecca A. Morse

Rebecca A. Morse was born on Manhattan Island, New York, on the Gen. Rutgers estate, in 1821.

[1] She received the educational training usual among the substantial families of those days.

[1] Rebecca A. Morse was known as a correspondent in New York City for newspapers and magazines in 1846.

"R. A. Kidder" or the initials " R. A. K." [1] In youth she imbibed the principles of the anti-slavery agitators, and she was always the fearless advocate of the Afro-American people.

In the home of her sister, Mrs. M. E. Winchester, which was headquarters then for worn in suffragists, Morse met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and other leaders.