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Emily Bronson Conger
1847–1917
A firsthand witness to America’s early years in the Philippines, this Ohio writer turned travel and colonial life into vivid memoir. Her work offers a rare view of the period through the eyes of a woman who lived it.
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About the author
Born in 1847, she was an Ohio author and the granddaughter of Herman Bronson, founder of Peninsula, Ohio. She married Arthur Latham Conger, a Civil War veteran and later a prominent public figure in Akron, and was active in civic life as well as women’s organizations.
She is best known for An Ohio Woman in the Philippines (1904), a memoir drawn from her experiences overseas after her husband’s service in the Philippines. The book mixes travel writing, personal observation, and reflections on daily life in Honolulu, Japan, China, and the Philippines, giving modern listeners a direct window into a complicated moment in American history.
Remembered as an independent and unconventional woman, she followed paths that were unusual for her time and left behind a lively record of what she saw. She died in 1917.