http:\/\/www.oberlin.edu\/archive\/teaching\/projects\/hist213\/stanton\/intro.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n…<\/span><\/p>\nLetter to Oberlin College from her daughter:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLos Angeles, California<\/span><\/p>\nMarch 22 1910<\/span><\/p>\nMr. Gergon M. Jones<\/span><\/p>\nSee y of Oberlin College<\/span><\/p>\nDear Sir,<\/span><\/p>\nIt becomes my sad duty to inform you of the decease of my be-loved Mother, Mrs. Lucie Stanton Day Sessions. My mother passed away at 4 A.M Feb 18 1910. She had a complication of diseases, pneumonia, la grippe and arthnia- the fever left her, at her advanced age, too weak to recover her former strength. She was confined to her bed thirty eight days. I nursed her day and night, the friends were very kind to come in and assist but I staid at her bedside that I might as far as human aid could, administer to every wish or desire; but God\u2019s way is not our way and he took her to himself. We laid her to rest Feb 21 in Rosedale Cemetery. Enclosed see the obituary which I wrote from memory of what she had told me again and again: it was published in \u201cThe New Age\u201d. The small clipping is from \u201cThe Los Angeles Times\u201d. She leaves a husband Mr. L.A Sessions and a daughter Miss Florence A. Day. Mother always spoke of her days at Oberlin as being very pleasant ones. The blow is a hard one but we bow to His will. With love and highest esteem,<\/span><\/p>\nVery Truly,<\/span><\/p>\nMiss Florence A. Day<\/span><\/p>\n425A Bonnie Brae St.<\/span><\/p>\nLos Angeles, California<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLibrary of Oberlin College: Data Collection of Alumni:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLibrary of Oberlin College<\/span><\/p>\nOberlin, Ohio December 1, 1899.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Full name: Lucie Stanton Day Sessions (Mrs. Levin)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Class of 1850.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Present occupation: teacher, permanent.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Post office address: 107 \u00bd E. Street, Chattanooga, Tenn.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Temporary:\u00a0 Shallow Ford, Tenn.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Degree of \u2026. Conferred by: Graduated from the Female Department of Oberlin College 1850<\/span><\/p>\nB.L\u2026.Oberlin College 1894<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Other honours received, and civil and military offices held:<\/span><\/li>\n
- Residence and occupation each year since January 1, 1895:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
During the years 1897 + 1898 was Preceptress and Teacher in the Literary Department of A+M College, Nomal, Alabama. The remainder of the time Residence, Cattanooga, Tenn.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Books or articles written or edited: Have written a number of articles which have been printed but are only of local interest.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Date of church membership: 1844<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Denomination: Congregational<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Date of marriage: 1853 or 1854 to William Howard Day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
2nd June 26 1878 to Levi N Sessions<\/span><\/p>\nIs husband or wife living? Yes<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Children born \u2026.. by first marriage, Florence Nightingale Day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Date: Jan 17 1900<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLibrary of Oberlin College: Data Collection of Alumni<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Full name?\u00a0 Lucy A. Stanton (Mrs. Levi N. Sessions)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Class of 1850<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Present occupation? Housewife<\/span><\/li>\n
- Postoffice address: 748 E 16th St, Los Angeles, California<\/span><\/li>\n
- Place of birth? Cleveland, Ohio<\/span><\/li>\n
- Date of birth? Oct 16th 1831<\/span><\/li>\n
- 1st Date of marriage: Thanksgiving 1852 or 3<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
To whom? William Howard Day<\/span><\/p>\n2nd June 1878 Levi N. Sessions who is living.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Academic degrees received from institutions other than Oberlin:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
(blank)<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Other honours received, and civil offices held?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
April 2, 1900 National Aide Women\u2019s Relief Confrence. June 21-23 1893 elected Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of the State of Tenn., held office 4 years. 1896+97 Preceptress of the Normal A+M College, Normal, Alabama.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Military services?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
(blank)<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Residence and occupation each year since January 1, 1905?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
748 E. 16th Street L.A<\/span><\/p>\nHousewife<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Books or articles written or edited?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Have written a number of articles but have kept no record of them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Date of church membership?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Joined the old Oberlin church about 1852. After I joined the _____ Presbyterian in Cleveland, Ohio. In the 60s joined the African Methodist Episcopal of which I am now a member here.<\/span><\/p>\n(You will see that I am the first colored woman to graduate at Oberlin & therefore first in the U. States. Date of writing. May 18th 1908)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLibrary of Oberlin College: Data Collection of Alumni<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Full name? Lucie Stanton Day Sessions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Class of 1850<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Present Occupation? Teacher<\/span><\/li>\n
- Postoffice Address? 748 E. 16th street Los Angeles, California<\/span><\/li>\n
- Academic degrees received:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Degree of B.L conferred by W. G Ballantine (President) in 1894.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Other honors received, and civil and military offices held:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
National Aide Women\u2019s Relief Corps in 1900. Preceptress Normal A+M College, Normal, Alabama 1896-97. President Local W.C.T.U Chattagoona, Tenn. 1893-1894.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Residence and occupation each year since January 1, 1900:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Chattanooga, Tennessee<\/span><\/p>\nFrom 1884 to 1903 moved to Los Angeles, California<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Books or articles written or edited:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Numerous articles have been written a number of which have been published but have kept no account of them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Date of Church membership?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Oberlin Church 1846<\/span><\/p>\n2d. Presbyterian, Cleveland, Ohio 1861<\/span><\/p>\nA.M.E Toledo, Ohio 1864<\/span><\/p>\nDenomination? Belong to the same here<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Date of marriage? Nov. 25 1852<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
To whom? William Howard Day<\/span><\/p>\nJune 26 1878 Levi N. Sessions \u2026.. is living<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Children born: Florence N. Day is living with me.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Date: Feb 7 1905.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLibrary of Oberlin College: Data Collection of Alumni<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nKindly fill and return as soon as possible to Azariah S. Root, Oberlin, Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\nFull name: Mrs. Lucie S. D. Sessions<\/span><\/p>\nClass of 1850<\/span><\/p>\nPresent occupation: Teaching<\/span><\/p>\nPost office address: no. 107 E. St. Chattanooga, State of Tennessee<\/span><\/p>\nProfessional and other studies since January 1888: Latin + Review of English Branches.<\/span><\/p>\nResidence and occupation EACH YEAR since January 1888: Chattanooga, Tennessee. Taught in the Chattanooga Public Schools from 1884 to 1890, Since that time have taught Select School. Taught one year in the Loomis Seminary.<\/span><\/p>\nCivil offices held and honors received: (blank)<\/span><\/p>\nBooks or articles written or edited: Written articles. \u2013Religion in Public Schools, The Culture of the eye and the hand. Various lectures on Temperance.<\/span><\/p>\nDate of marriage: June 26th, 1878<\/span><\/p>\nTo whom? Levi N. Sessions<\/span><\/p>\nNumber of children: One<\/span><\/p>\nDate \u2026 1894<\/span><\/p>\nI did not receive this until Jan 1895. Very respectfully, L.S.D Sessions<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nNewspaper Article:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPioneer Race Leader called to her Reward<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0Lucy Ann Stanton was born October 16, 1831, in Cleveland, Ohio. Whew she was 18 months old her father, Samuel Stanton, taking her by the hand, walked her to the corner and bought a china pitcher, which is still an heirloom in the family, returned to the house, sat in the rocking chair and died.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0Although his death was a great blow to her mother, he left them well provided for, so that at the proper time she was able to enter college. He also told his partner in business to take care of his wife and baby, which in due time he did, her mother becoming Margaret Brown.<\/span><\/p>\nWhen Lucy Stanton was small and during all of her young life, the slavery question was at its great heighth, and the need was great for workers against slavery. She was a collector for the Underground Railroad Station and the house of her stepfather, John Brown, has had as many as 13 runaway slaves in his house at one time waiting to slip across Lake Erie to Canada. She had the opportunity to hear the fearful and shocking tales of the slaves who had received such harsh treatment and to see the scars on their backs where they had not yet healed from a severe whipping with a cat o\u2019nine tails or other means of torture.<\/span><\/p>\nThese incidents led her to be thoughtful even beyond her years and she would announce with great vehemence. \u201cI shall live to see slavery done away with, and then I shall go south and teach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nWhen she was a child there were only about 3 colored children in the whole town and she usually played with white children who would say, \u201cCome and go to my school; her mother would get her ready and she would go and stay until some visitor, one of whom was a Baptist minister, would come in and say \u201cEverything is all right but one, and that is the little dark face,\u201d and then she would have to leave. In this way she was turned from every school in Cleveland, Ohio, which led to her being sent to Oberlin College, where in 1850, she graduated with honors and delivered the valedictory address, being the first colored woman to graduate in the U.S.A, at which time the president arose and said, \u201cIf\u00a0 you have any doubt of the feasibility of giving the colored girl and boy an equal chance let that essay be the answer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nSoon after graduation she married William Howard Day who had graduated from Oberlin in 1847. Their union was blessed with three children, William, Eliza, and Florence; the first two dying in early childhood.<\/span><\/p>\n