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Sarah Powers Bradish

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Sarah Powers Bradish
Born
Sarah E. Powers

1867
Died1922
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRipon College, (B. A., 1871)
Occupation(s)Writer, temperance activist
Known forWriting on Norse mythology
SpouseJames H. Bradish
ChildrenBertha and Herman
ParentMoses H. Powers of Green Lake, Wisconsin

Sarah Powers Bradish (1867–1922) was an American writer. She is known for her textbook Old Norse Stories, published in 1900,[1] and a memoir titled ... Stories of Country Life.

Sarah Powers Bradish is also known for her service as Wisconsin State Secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

She was a graduate of Ripon College and traveled extensively in Europe. She traveled in England and France from 1872 to 1873. She resided in Dartford, Wisconsin, from 1873 to 1874; in Ripon, Wisconsin, from 1874 to 1875; and in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1875 to 1894.[2]

Her husband, James H. Bradish, also attended Ripon College. He became assistant general solicitor of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company, and a Minneapolis alderman. The couple had two children, Bertha and Herman.[3]

Works

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  • Bradish, Sarah Powers (1900). Old Norse stories. New York: American Book Company. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  • Bradish, Sarah Powers (1901). ... Stories of country life. New York: American Book Company. Retrieved October 24, 2013.

References

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  1. ^ Sarah Powers Bradish (1900). Old Norse Stories. American Book Company (at Internet Archive). Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  2. ^ Ripon College (1894). General catalogue of Ripon College, 1851 to 1894. p. 21. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "James H. Bradish". Progressive Men of Minnesota. pp. 478–479. Retrieved October 24, 2013.