Emma was the daughter of Mahlon Foster Ackley and Selena Ann Hammond of Pittsburgh, PA. She was also the second wife of Joseph Lytle Russell (1813 - 1897). She and Joseph had a daughter named Mabel R. (Russell) Packard (1881 - 1962).
Emma's husband Joseph, sister Maria F.(Ackley) Russell (1850 - 1938), and half brother (and half brother in-law) Charles Taze Russell (1852 - 1916) were all founding members of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881. Charles would be known the world over as Pastor Russell. The current Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society is now the legal arm and publishing house for the faith group known as Jehovah's Witnesses.
Emma Russell was also a part of the Women's suffrage or woman suffrage movement. Which was a fight for the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or marital status.
Her views would have an negative impact on her sister Maria, which in turn effected Maria's husband Charles who was the president of the Watch Tower Society. Maria would soon leave her husband with the support of her sister Emma and the two suffragettes along with Emma's child Mabel would move to Florida. They no longer had any contact with the Watch Tower Society. After the death of Emma's husband Joseph, she lived in the same house with her sister, daughter and son in-law to the end of her days.
Photo of Emma Russell is from: https://jeromehistory.blogspot.com/
Emma's husband Joseph, sister Maria F.(Ackley) Russell (1850 - 1938), and half brother (and half brother in-law) Charles Taze Russell (1852 - 1916) were all founding members of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881. Charles would be known the world over as Pastor Russell. The current Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society is now the legal arm and publishing house for the faith group known as Jehovah's Witnesses.
Emma Russell was also a part of the Women's suffrage or woman suffrage movement. Which was a fight for the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or marital status.
Her views would have an negative impact on her sister Maria, which in turn effected Maria's husband Charles who was the president of the Watch Tower Society. Maria would soon leave her husband with the support of her sister Emma and the two suffragettes along with Emma's child Mabel would move to Florida. They no longer had any contact with the Watch Tower Society. After the death of Emma's husband Joseph, she lived in the same house with her sister, daughter and son in-law to the end of her days.
Photo of Emma Russell is from: https://jeromehistory.blogspot.com/
Emma was the daughter of Mahlon Foster Ackley and Selena Ann Hammond of Pittsburgh, PA. She was also the second wife of Joseph Lytle Russell (1813 - 1897). She and Joseph had a daughter named Mabel R. (Russell) Packard (1881 - 1962).
Emma's husband Joseph, sister Maria F.(Ackley) Russell (1850 - 1938), and half brother (and half brother in-law) Charles Taze Russell (1852 - 1916) were all founding members of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881. Charles would be known the world over as Pastor Russell. The current Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society is now the legal arm and publishing house for the faith group known as Jehovah's Witnesses.
Emma Russell was also a part of the Women's suffrage or woman suffrage movement. Which was a fight for the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or marital status.
Her views would have an negative impact on her sister Maria, which in turn effected Maria's husband Charles who was the president of the Watch Tower Society. Maria would soon leave her husband with the support of her sister Emma and the two suffragettes along with Emma's child Mabel would move to Florida. They no longer had any contact with the Watch Tower Society. After the death of Emma's husband Joseph, she lived in the same house with her sister, daughter and son in-law to the end of her days.
Photo of Emma Russell is from: https://jeromehistory.blogspot.com/
Emma's husband Joseph, sister Maria F.(Ackley) Russell (1850 - 1938), and half brother (and half brother in-law) Charles Taze Russell (1852 - 1916) were all founding members of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881. Charles would be known the world over as Pastor Russell. The current Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society is now the legal arm and publishing house for the faith group known as Jehovah's Witnesses.
Emma Russell was also a part of the Women's suffrage or woman suffrage movement. Which was a fight for the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or marital status.
Her views would have an negative impact on her sister Maria, which in turn effected Maria's husband Charles who was the president of the Watch Tower Society. Maria would soon leave her husband with the support of her sister Emma and the two suffragettes along with Emma's child Mabel would move to Florida. They no longer had any contact with the Watch Tower Society. After the death of Emma's husband Joseph, she lived in the same house with her sister, daughter and son in-law to the end of her days.
Photo of Emma Russell is from: https://jeromehistory.blogspot.com/
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