Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) became a Quaker minister in 1821. Like many of her faith, Mott embraced pacifism and condemned racism. She organized boycotts of slave-harvested goods like cotton and cane sugar, and worked for full integration within numerous groups, winning the trust of Blacks (including fugitive slaves) throughout her native Philadelphia. Mott’s suffragist efforts began […]
Dr. Charlotte Denman Lozier (1844-1870), “wife, mother, scholar, physician, and woman,” made a big impact in her short life. Lozier was just about 25 years old when she called for the arrest of a man who tried to procure an abortion — and caused enforcement of a law that had been but a dead letter.
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Belva Lockwood, born in 1830, may be one of the most amazing suffragists you have never heard of, but what a remarkable woman she was! As a teacher in New York, Lockwood championed coeducation and expanded curriculum — including science and rhetoric — for girls. Lockwood moved to Washington D.C. and earned a law degree
One of the strongest suffragist voices for the rights of the unborn in the 19th century was Eleanor Kirk, a novelist whose husband deserted her after a decade of physical abuse and infidelity. In both her novel and in her essays, Kirk castigated abortion doctors and argued passionately for the rights of women workers. Eleanor Kirk