This is a transcription of the L. Agnese (Little) Moulton biography from New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State, Who are Worthy Representatives of their Sex in the Various Walks and Conditions of Life, The New Hampshire Publishing Co., Concord, NH, 1895, page 117.
L. Agnese (Little) Moulton
MANY leading spirits in the world of human endeavor have had their birthplace in Northern New Hampshire. Among those worthy of special mention is L. Agnese Moulton, of Leadville, Col., a native of the town of Lyman, daughter of William and Maria (Stephens) Little, born January 4, 1845. She was educated in the public school and at Newbury (Vt.) Seminary; married James M. Moulton, November 10, 1866, and resided in Boston, Mass., till 1875, when she removed to Des Moines, Iowa. During the great “rush” for the mining regions, in 1879, she went to Leadville, the greatest mining camp in the world, where she has since resided, and where she immediately entered upon what has proved a most successful business career, engaging as a broker in real estate and mining stocks, in company with Caryoline Finch from New York. It was an unusual line for women to pursue, at that time, but courage and persistency won them favorable recognition at an early day, and substantial results have followed. Mrs. Moulton is a member of the “Association for the Advancement of Women,” the “Women’s American Protective Association ” (having been president of the Leadville Council), “The Patriotic Order Daughters of America,” “The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor,” and the “Colorado Woman’s Suffrage League.” She points with no little pride to her efforts in behalf of the cause of woman suffrage in Colorado, and received a measure of recognition in the first nomination for the legislature accorded a woman by the Republican party of the state, failing of an election only because her party in Lake county was outvoted by the Populists. Mrs. Moulton is a ready writer and forcible speaker and her public addresses have commanded attention and commendation. Her highest aspiration is to be identified with the progressive and reform movements of the age, especially for the advancement of woman.