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Distaff Militancy Through History Highlighted in Piece
The piece traces the long arc of women’s rights activism from ancient times to the suffrage era. It cites figures such as Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Emmeline Pankhurst, noting Britain's militant wing and the 1920 U.S. suffrage milestone. It also mentions Emily Davidson’s Derby protest and ends with Charles A. Barry as Boston’s Mount Hope Cemetery’s first resident.
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New York
UPI
Equal Rights Movement
Martha Mitchell
Powder Puff
Napoleon
France
Ku Bau
George Sand
Frederic Chopin
J. Sand
United States
Britain
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
Emmeline Pankhurst
Manchester
Women’s Social and Political Union
Encyclopedia Americana
Christabel
England
U.S
Emily Davidson