Rachel Nelson Quick Buttz ( – ) was an American memoirist and poet. She was born Rachel Nelson Quick near

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on , the daughter of Tunis Quick, a judge and state legislator, and Susannah Record Quick. She graduated from North-Western Christian University (now

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) in 1871, which was one of the earliest

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colleges in the United States. She married Samuel Buttz. Buttz published two books. ''Blades and Blossoms'' (1911) was a collection of poetry. ''A

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Girlhood'' (1924) was a memoir of her childhood that she wrote for her daughter Mabel. Rachel Quick Buttz died on September 6, 1923, aged 75, in

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Bibliography

* ''Blades and Blossoms''. Boston, 1911. * ''A Hoosier Girlhood''. Boston, 1924.

References

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