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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.
Unarmed African Americans killed by police officers; Stereotypes and media depictions; ... Lucy Stanton; Austin Steward (1793 – February 15, 1869) Maria W. Stewart;
He was born near Jamestown, Virginia in 1624. ... Educator and abolitionist Lucy Stanton was the first Black woman to graduate from college. She completed a ladies' literary program and graduated ...
Lucy Stanton (abolitionist) (1831–1910), African American abolitionist and activist Lucy May Stanton (1875–1931), American painter Lucy Celesta Stanton , Mormon woman who married and followed William McCary
August 26 – Lucy Hayes, First Lady of the United States as wife of Rutherford B. Hayes (died 1889) September 3 – States Rights Gist, lawyer, militia general in South Carolina and Confederate Army brigadier general (died 1864) September 10 – William A. Peffer, U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1891 to 1897 (died 1912)
“Bars Fight,” written by poet and activist Lucy Terry in 1746, was the first known poem written by a Black American. Terry was enslaved in Rhode Island as a toddler but became free at age 26 ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
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 ...