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'''Julia Anna Archibald Holmes''' (February 15, 1838 – January 19, 1887) was a Canadian-American [[suffragist]], [[abolitionist]], [[mountaineer]] and [[journalist]].▼
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| caption = Julia Archibald Holmes, circa 1870
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1838|2|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1887|1|19|1838|2|15|mf=y}}
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| nationality = Canadian-American
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| occupation = Journalist
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| spouse = {{marriage|James H. Holmes|1857}}
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▲'''Julia
==Biography==
Holmes was born in 1838 in [[Noel, Nova Scotia]], Canada, and moved to [[Massachusetts]] with her family in 1848. Her father, James Archibald, was an [[abolitionist]], while her mother Julia was a strong supporter of [[women's suffrage]].<ref name=hike>{{cite news|title=Woman's 1858 hike to summit blazed trail|date=May 15, 2001|work=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]]|first=Jeanne|last=Davant}}</ref> The Archibald family relocated again in 1854 to [[Lawrence, Kansas]], to assist in the abolitionist efforts sparked by the [[Kansas–Nebraska Act]] (see [[Bleeding Kansas]]); their Kansas home served as part of the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref name=ppld>{{cite web|url=http://more.ppld.org:8080/kids/colorado/biographies/JuliaAHolmes.pdf |title=Julia A. Holmes |publisher=[[Pikes Peak Library District]] |
Julia and James Holmes traveled to the [[Rocky Mountains]] in [[Colorado]] in 1858 with a group of [[gold mining|gold miners]].<ref>{{cite news|title=
After climbing
Holmes was heavily involved in the [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage movement]] in the 1860s and 1870s. She was a secretary for the [[National Woman Suffrage Association]] and spoke at the first National Woman Suffrage Association convention in 1869.<ref name=ppld/><ref name=douglas/> She was involved in setting up associations for the movement in Washington, D.C., and, to aid the suffrage campaign, she attempted to register to vote in 1871.<ref name=fame>{{cite news|title=10 to Be Inducted into Colorado Women's Hall of Fame|first=Carol|last=McGraw|work=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]]|date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> She was a friend of [[Susan B. Anthony]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Women's Rights Wends West|date=March 3, 1986|work=El Defensor Chieftain}}</ref>
Holmes died in 1887. She was posthumously inducted into the [[Colorado Women's Hall of Fame]] in March 2014.<ref name=fame/>
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