Background
Gustafson, Zadel Barnes Mistress was born on March 9, 1841 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Duane and Cynthia Sexton (Turner) Barnes.
Gustafson, Zadel Barnes Mistress was born on March 9, 1841 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Duane and Cynthia Sexton (Turner) Barnes.
Early education at home, later at Saint Thomas’ Hall Female Seminary, Flushing, Long Island, 1852, Wilbraham Academy, Massachusetts, 1856.
Traveled and sojourned in Great Britain, Europe, India and Australia and contributed to periodicals published in those countries, in which she also lectured on drink and woman suffrage. Initiated and for short time edited National Philanthropist, London, 1884. Accredited representative of and contributor to Pall Mall Gazette in the United States, 1886.
National delegate and speaker before 1st International Congress of Women, Washington, 1888.
Was extensive contributor to Harper’s Monthly from 1870 to 1889 (20 years). Author: Biography of Genevieve Ward, 1881.
(joint author with Mr. Gustafson), The Foundation of Death—A Study of the Drink Question (containing, in an appendix, the most extensive bibliography of the drink question ever published.
Home: Huntington, Long Island, New New York