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Lucy Stanton was born free, the only child of Margaret and Samuel Stanton, on October 16, 1831. [4] When her biological father Samuel, a barber, died when she was only 18 months old, Stanton's mother married John Brown, [5] an abolitionist famous around Cleveland, Ohio, for his participation in the Underground Railroad.
The first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women was held in New York City on May 9–12, 1837, to discuss the American abolition movement. [1] This gathering represented the first time that women from such a broad geographic area met with the common purpose of promoting the anti-slavery cause among women, and it also was likely the first major convention where women discussed women's rights.
The suffrage movement distanced itself from labor groups and kept its focus on the more affluent levels of society. The first three volumes of the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage were written by the leaders of the NWSA prior to the merger. It included a 107-page chapter on the history of the AWSA, the NWSA's bitter rival, but provided much ...
Anti-Slavery Society (British) Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves, founded 1825 (British) Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (American) Boston Vigilance Committee (American) British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, founded 1839, continues as Anti-Slavery International; Clapham Sect (British)
March is Women’s History Month, and the Tioga County Historical is pleased to announce there will be a special program at 1 p.m. March 24. The museum is normally not open on Sunday, but this ...
It was not until the summer of 1848 that Mott, Stanton, and three other women organized the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention. It was attended by some 300 [1] people over two days, including about 40 men. The resolution on the subject of votes for women caused dissension until Frederick Douglass took the platform with ...
A demonstrator holds a sign while gathering on the National Mall during the Women's March in Washington D.C., U.S., on Jan. 21, 2017. Credit - Eric Thayer–Bloomberg—Getty Images
Olympia Brown, who had recently become one of the first ordained woman ministers, [15] initiated the proposal for a New England women's suffrage organization. [16] She hoped to create an association that would limit its activity to a campaign for women's suffrage, believing that campaigning for suffrage for both women and African Americans, as the American Equal Rights Association had done ...