Susan F. Ferree (née, Nelson; January 14, 1844 - September 6, 1919) was an American journalist and social reformer from Iowa.

Susan Frances Nelson was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, January 14, 1844.

His oldest son, William Nelson, was at one time president of the king's council.

William's oldest son, Thomas Nelson Jr., was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the war governor of Virginia.

[2] Ferree wrote poetry, but her forte was journalism, especially her newspaper correspondence from Washington, D.C. She supported temperance and the advancement of woman.