Zerelda G. Wallace

Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	August 6, 1817 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Died	March 19, 1901(1901-03-19) (aged 83) Jennings Township, Owen County, Indiana
Occupation(s)	Suffragist temperance leader
Spouse	David Wallace
Children	Mary, Ellen, Jemima, Sanders, Agnes, and David
Parent(s)	John H. and Polly C. (Gray) Sanders
Relatives	William, Lewis, Edward (stepsons)

Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace (August 6, 1817 – March 19, 1901) was the First Lady of Indiana from 1837 to 1840, and a temperance activist, women's suffrage leader, and inspirational speaker in the 1870s and 1880s. She was a charter member of Central Christian Church, the first Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her husband was David Wallace, the sixth governor of Indiana; Lew Wallace, one of her stepsons, became an American Civil War general and author.