Josephine Cushman Bateham

Josephine Cushman Bateham
Josephine Cushman Bateham
	"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Josephine Abiah Penfield; November 1, 1829; Alden, New York, U.S.
Died	March 15, 1901 (aged 71); Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.
Resting place	Painesville, Ohio, U.S.
Pen name	Mrs. J. C. Bateham
Occupation	social reformer; editor; writer;
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Oberlin College
Subject	temperance
Spouse	Richard S. Cushman (m. 1848; died 1849); Michael Boyd Bateham (m. 1850; died 1880);
Children	Anson; Minerva; Josephine; Lizzie; Sarah; Henry; Charles;
Parents	Anson and Minerva (Dayton) Penfield; Henry Cowles (step-father);

Josephine Cushman Bateham (née Josephine Abiah Penfield; after first marriage, Cushman, after second marriage, Bateham; pen name, Mrs. J. C. Bateham; November 1, 1829 – March 15, 1901) was an American social reformer, editor, and writer in the temperance movement. The Sabbath Observance Department of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was organized at the St. Louis (National) Convention in 1884, and Bateham, then of Painesville, Ohio, was appointed its first Superintendent, continuing in charge of the Department until compelled by failing health to resign in 1896. In addition, Bateham was a supporter of social reform for women.

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