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Dublin, IN Historical Marker
Indiana's First Woman's Rights Convention
Indiana's First Woman's Rights Convention
A convention was called for by reform-minded Congressional Friends meeting at Greensboro, Henry County, January 1851. Convention held October 14-15, 1851 at Dublin adopted resolutions for political, social, and financial rights for women. Women and men who favored abolition, temperance, and suffrage attended.
Photos taken January 16, 2004
Indiana's First Woman's Rights Convention
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The 1852 convention formed Indiana Woman's Rights Association to promote untied action for woman's rights. Association's 1853 convention demanded equality in all political rights and functions. It voted to be auxiliary to American Woman Suffrage Association 1870. It became Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association.
- Record Book, Woman's Rights Association of Indiana, founded in Richmond, IN in October 1851
- Dr. Mary F. Thomas
- History of the Lauramoore Friends Home
- National American Women Suffrage Association Collection - Library of Congress
- Women in Indiana History: A Working Bibliography(Word .doc format)
- This historical marker is located on the north side of U.S. 40 in Dublin, IN, just east of the volunteer fire department.
Did You Know?
Dr. Mary F. Thomas, who practiced medicine in Richmond during the mid-1800's, was the second female physician to be admitted to the American Medical Association.
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| Mail: | 50 North 5th St. Richmond, IN 47374 |
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