Mary Ann Sorden Stuart |
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Image of Mary Ann Sorden Stuart from Greenwood: A Delaware Town Printed By: Greenwood Bicentennial Committee |
Born | Mary Ann Sorden (1828-02-12)February 12, 1828
Greenwood, Delaware, U.S. |
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Died | April 19, 1893(1893-04-19) (aged 65)
Greenwood, Delaware, U.S. |
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Resting place | St. Johnstown Methodist Church, Greenwood |
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Known for | - Women's suffrage
- women's rights
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Mary Ann Sorden Stuart (February 12, 1828 – April 19, 1893) was an American suffragist who served as a representative of the women's suffrage movement from Delaware and attended the National Woman Suffrage Association conventions in Washington, DC.[1]
Early life
Mary Ann Sorden Stuart was born on February 12, 1828, to John Sorden and Sarah Owens Pennewill Sorden in Sussex County, Delaware.[2]
Activism
Stuart organized the first women's suffrage group in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1869.[3] Stuart spoke in favor of women's suffrage in front of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in 1878.[4] She also became the Delaware representative to the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA).[4] Stuart also testified to the Delaware General Assembly in 1881 on allowing women's suffrage in the state constitution.[4]
References
- ^ Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Gage, Matilda Joslyn; Harper, Ida Husted (1886). History of Woman Suffrage, Volume 3. p. 817.
- ^ Frank, Bill (1978-07-16). "Crusader". The Morning News. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-11-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "About Us". Mary Anns List. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ a b c Boylan, Anne M. (Summer 2019). "Delaware Women's Suffrage Timeline" (PDF). Delaware Historical Society. League of Women Voters. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
1980s |
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1981 | - Annie Jump Cannon
- Pearl Herlihy Daniels
- Ruth Mitchell Laws
- Mary Ann Wright
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1982 | |
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1983 | - Esther Schauer Frear
- Sallie Topkis Ginns
- Edith Jackson Newton
- Cecile Long Steele
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1985 | - Louise T. Conner
- Norma B. Handloff
- Mary Askew Mather
- Mary Jornlin Theisen
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1986 | - Roxana Cannon Arsht
- Emily Bissell
- Hilda Davis
- Mabel Vernon
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1987 | - Marguerite Hill Burnett
- Florence Bayard Hilles
- Gertrude M. Lowell
- Elizabeth H. Ryan
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1988 | - Margaret Irving Handy
- Jane E. Mitchell
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1989 | - Pauline Dyson
- Genevieve W. Gore
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1990s |
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1990 | - Winifred J. Robinson
- Mary Ann Sorden Stuart
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1991 | - Madaline Elliot Buchanan
- Katherine L. Esterly
- Nancy Churchman Sawin
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1992 | - Claire La Mar Carey
- Lozelle Jenkins DeLuz
- Margaret R. Manning
- Jane T. Mitchell
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1993 | - Carol E. Hoffecker
- Elizabeth Neal
- Ada Leigh Soles
- Frances D. Swift Tatnall
- Mae D. Hightower-Vandamm
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1994 | - Helen S. Balick
- Eleanor L. Cain
- Harriet Ruth Williams
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1995 | - Mae Riedy Carter
- Ruth Ann Minner
- Ruth Oates-Graham
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1996 | - Cynthia M. Boehmer
- Julie K. Boozer
- Sally J. Knox
- Jane P. Maroney
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1998 | - Nancy W. Cook
- Henrietta R. Johnson
- Renee G. O'Leary
- Beatrice "Bea" Simonds
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1999 | - Grace Ruth Batten
- Evelyn P. Burkle
- Lynne S. Frink
- Barbara Chase Herr
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2000s |
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2000 | - Martha G. Bachman
- Alice Marie Smith Coleman
- Emily G. Morris
- Helen R. Thomas
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2001 | - Myrna L. Bair
- Anna Janney De Armond
- Marian L. Harris
- Lucile Petry Leone
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2002 | - Sister Ann Marguerite Gildea
- Gloria Wernicki Homer
- Jeanne D. Nutter
- Mary Sam Ward
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2003 | - Joy Ann Bartell
- Sister Jeanne Cashman
- Margaret Rose Henry
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2004 | |
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2005 | - Muriel E. Gilman
- Patricia W. Griffin
- Teresa Haman
- Valerie A. Woodruff
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2006 | |
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2007 | - Sujata Kumari Bhatia
- Carolyn S. Burger
- Liane McDowell Sorenson
- Shirley M. Tarrant
- Valerie Whiting
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2008 | - Elizabeth Empson Battell
- Renee Palmore Beaman
- Grace Pierce Beck
- Uma Chowdhry
- Christine Margaret McDermott
- Evelyn Dickenson Swensson
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2009 | - Theresa L.I. del Tufo
- Sally V. Hawkins
- Lynn W. Williams
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2010s |
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2010 | - Sister Ascension Banegas
- Jeanette Eckman
- Kathryn Young Hazeur
- Jacquelin Pitts
- Beverly Louise Stewart
- Judith Gedney Tobin
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2011 | - Neda P. Biggs
- Imogene F. Chandler
- Susan C. Del Pesco
- Audrey K. Doberstein
- Moonyeen L. Klopfenstein
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2012 | - Vicky Cooke
- Micki Edelsohn
- Vivian Rapposelli
- Frances West
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2013 | |
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2014 | - Stephanie Kwolek
- Catherine Devaney McKay
- Patricia H. Purcell
- Latricia Odette Wright
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2015 | - Kim L. Allen
- Darlene Battle
- Sandra Ben
- Rita Landgraf
- Ileana Smith
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2020s |
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2020 | - Mary Seward Phillips Eskridge
- Margaret Burton White Houston
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