Jane Amy McKinney
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Jane Amy McKinney (October 25, 1832 - 1905) was an American educator and philanthropist. She was actively engaged in temperance work and in the advocacy of women's suffrage.
Jane Amy was born in Vermont, on October 25, 1832. From both father and mother, she inherited marked characteristics. They were devoutly religious and possessed a robust humanitarianism, which bore fruit while they lived and left its impress on their daughters. The mother's family was devoted to literature and scientific investigation. One of her brothers was the first man to construct a galvanic battery to control electricity, before Morse took up the invention. For years the effort of his inventive genius was unknown, at the end of the 19th century it was chronicled in electrical literature.[1]
The family moved to northern Ohio in 1835, and settled in Mentor, Ohio.[1]
Amy was educated in the Western Reserve Seminary and in Oberlin College, Ohio.[1][2]
