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  2. Lucy Stanton (abolitionist) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. American Equal Rights Association - Wikipedia

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    [17] Stanton, Anthony and Lucy Stone, the most prominent figures in the women's movement, circulated a letter in late 1865 calling for petitions against any wording that excluded females. [18] A version of the amendment that referred to "persons" instead of "males" passed the House of Representatives in early 1866 but failed in the Senate . [ 19 ]

  4. In Honor of Black History Month, 30 Black History Facts You ...

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    Educator and abolitionist Lucy Stanton was the first Black woman to graduate from college. She completed a ladies' literary program and graduated from Oberlin College in 1850. Her commencement ...

  5. Lucy Stanton - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. National Woman Suffrage Association - Wikipedia

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    In 1851, Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed a decades-long partnership that became important to the women's rights movement and to the future National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). For the next several years, they worked together for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights.

  7. Abolitionism Shows How One Person Can Help Spark a Movement

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    Rankin's 'Letters on American Slavery' set out a moral argument for abolition that resonated across ... His life is a sterling example of how one person's resistance can help spark a whole movement.

  8. National Women's Rights Convention - Wikipedia

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    In 1840, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton traveled with their husbands to London for the first World Anti-Slavery Convention, but they were not allowed to participate because they were women. Mott and Stanton became friends there and agreed to organize a convention to further the cause of women's rights.

  9. Lucy Stone - Wikipedia

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    Called "the orator", [5] the "morning star," [6] and the "heart and soul" [7] of the women's rights movement, Stone influenced Susan B. Anthony to take up the cause of women's suffrage. [8] Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote that "Lucy Stone was the first person by whom the heart of the American public was deeply stirred on the woman question."