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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 Appendix of Volume II of the History of Woman Suffrage, whose editors include Stanton and Anthony, reprints a lengthy newspaper article about the League's founding convention, including the adoption of this resolution: "Resolved, That the following be the official title and the pledge of the League—the pledge to be signed by all applicants for membership: 'Women's Loyal National League ...
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Another member was abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth. [17] In 1870, Lucy Stone, the leader of the AWSA, began publishing an eight-page weekly newspaper called the Woman's Journal as the voice of the AWSA. Eventually it became a voice of the women's movement as a whole. [18]
A ride-share driver shot and wounded a naked man who was assaulting a woman in Stanton weekend, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Its members consisted mainly of activists in the women's rights and abolitionist movements, and its leadership included such prominent activists as Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone and Frederick Douglass. Over time, the AERA members whose primary interest was women's suffrage began to divide into two wings.
A Miami spa owner was arrested Wednesday after being accused of using her business as a front for prostitution. Indiana Bustamante, 54, was charged with deriving support from prostitution ...
A man whom residents accused of trying to start a blaze was arrested near the Kenneth fire that broke out in Los Angeles on Thursday night — but there was not enough evidence to charge him with ...