Susan H. Wixon

Susan H. Wixon (October, 1839 - August 28, 1912) was an American freethought writer, editor, feminist, and educator of the long nineteenth century.

[2] Wixon taught successfully for several years in Massachusetts and Rhode Island,[2] and desired to make that profession her career.

Early in life, after the loss of four brothers at sea, all at one time, the family removed from their country home to Fall River, Massachusetts, where Wixon continued to live as an adult with her sister, Bethia.

[1] For several years, Wixon had the editorial charge of the children's department of The Truth Seeker, a New York City-based freethought publication.

[3] Her hymns include, "Come sound the praise of truth's fair name", "Dare to be true, whatever your station", "Her merry voice is strangely hushed", and "What of thy life, O friend of mine".

She was a member of the executive council of the Woman's National Liberal Union, whose first convention was held in Washington, D.C. in February, 1890.

[7] Also in 1892, she made a tour of Europe, studying principally the tariff question upon her return, her opinions, published in Fall River, aroused interest and discussion.

She was elected a member of the committee on woman's industrial advancement for World's Columbian Exposition (1893), in the inventors' department.

Susan Helen Wixon (1901)