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Lucy Stanton Day Sessions (October 16, 1831 – February 18, 1910) was an American abolitionist and feminist [1] figure, notable for being the first African-American woman to complete a four-year course of a study at a college or university.
History of African-American education, ... National Council of Negro Women; ... Category:African-American abolitionists;
Maria W. Stewart (née Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1879) was an American writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist from Hartford, Connecticut. She was the first known American woman to publicly lecture on the abolitionist movement. Today, she is recognized for her role in both the abolitionist and women's rights movements in the United States.
Harriet Forten Purvis (c. 1810 – June 11, 1875) was an African-American abolitionist and first generation suffragist. With her mother and sisters, she formed the first biracial women's abolitionist group, the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society.
Tubman was the first African American woman to serve in combat for the US military. ... American abolitionist leader, was born in 1820, and contributed to the freedom of over 700 slaves during her ...
[4] Her mother was Charlotte Vandine Forten and her father was the African American abolitionist, James Forten. Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis's sisters were Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), and Margaretta Forten (1808–1875). The three sisters, along with their mother, were founders of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833. [5]
Sojourner Truth (/ s oʊ ˈ dʒ ɜːr n ər, ˈ s oʊ dʒ ɜːr n ər /; [1] born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. [2] Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to ...
Mary Jane Richardson Jones (c. 1819 – December 26, 1909) was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, and suffragist. Born in Tennessee to free African-American parents, Jones and her family moved to Illinois. With her husband, John, she was a leading African-American figure in the early history of Chicago.