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Born January 11, 1885 • New Jersey
Died July 9, 1977 (aged 92) • New Jersey
Role In women’s rights movement

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women's suffrage
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Blatch, Harriot Eaton Stanton
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
American suffragist
Jeannette Rankin, 1918
Jeannette Rankin
American politician
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
American suffragist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American suffragist
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt
American feminist leader
Anna Howard Shaw.
Anna Howard Shaw
American minister
Helen Hamilton Gardener
Helen Hamilton Gardener
American writer, reformer and public official
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
American social reformer
Virginia Louisa Minor.
Virginia Louisa Minor
American activist
Simms, Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
American public official
Alice Stone Blackwell.
Alice Stone Blackwell
American leader and editor
Perle Mesta, 1955.
Perle Mesta
American diplomat
Julia Evelina Smith
American suffragist
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Mary Putnam Jacobi
American physician
Abzug, Bella
Bella Abzug
American politician
Katherine Philips Edson
American reformer
Lucy Stone.
Lucy Stone
American suffragist
Belmont, Alva
Alva Belmont
American suffragist
Lucy Burns
Lucy Burns
American suffragist