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Rachel Quick Buttz
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Rachel Nelson Quick Buttz (October 14, 1847 – September 6, 1923) was an American memoirist and poet.
She was born Rachel Nelson Quick near Columbus, Indiana on October 14, 1847, the daughter of Tunis Quick, a judge and state legislator, and Susannah Record Quick. She graduated from North-Western Christian University (now Butler University) in 1871, which was one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. She married Samuel Buttz.[1][2][3]
Buttz published two books. Blades and Blossoms (1911) was a collection of poetry. A Hoosier Girlhood (1924) was a memoir of her childhood that she wrote for her daughter Mabel.[1][2]
Rachel Quick Buttz died on September 6, 1923, aged 75, in Bartholomew County, Indiana.[2]
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Bibliography
- Blades and Blossoms. Boston, 1911.
- A Hoosier Girlhood. Boston, 1924.
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