Elizabeth Piper Ensley's life

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  • Elizabeth was born

    Elizabeth was born
    Elizabeth Piper Ensley was born in the Carribbeans in 1848.
  • Germany and France

    Germany and France
    When Elizabeth was 19, she studied in Germany and France.
  • Elizabeth moved to Boston

    Elizabeth moved to Boston
    She moved to Boston in the 1860,and helped create a libary and became a teacher.
  • Eliabeth got married and moved

    Eliabeth  got married and moved
    In 1882, Elizabeth married Howell N. Ensley. The couple moved to Washington,D.C.,Where they were associated with Howard University, the flagship college founded and attended primarly by African Americans
  • Denver here we come!!!!!!!

    Denver here we come!!!!!!!
    After moving to Washington,ten years later they moved to Denver.
  • In Dever!

    In Dever!
    In Denver, Elizabeth continued working for Womens Civil Right. Later, she became the denver reporter for the Womens Era,a newsletter of the Colored Women's Association.
  • she founded

    she founded
    Elizabeth founded Colorado Equal Suffrge Association,the Colored Womens Republican Club,and the Colorado Federation of Womens Clubs.
  • Elizabeth died

    Elizabeth died
    Elizabeth died in 1919, becase she was old.
  • Elizabeth is honerd today!

    Elizabeth is honerd today!
    Today,Elizabeth has in exhibit downtown called Women of the West.