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Susan B. Anthony
(b.1820, North Adams, Massachusetts; d. 1906, Rochester, New York)Susan B. Anthony's life and work offer a glimpse into the extraordinary events of both the abolitionist movement and the women's suffrage movement in the late nineteenth century. Anthony was... Read more
Sojourner Truth
(b. 1797, Ulster County, New York; d. 1883, Battle Creek, Michigan)Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, was recognized as one of the first people to identify the similarities between the struggles of black slaves and the struggles of women. As an... Read more
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