Amelia Stone Quinton

Amelia Stone Quinton
Born
Amelia Stone

(1833-07-31)July 31, 1833
Jamesville, New York
DiedJune 23, 1926(1926-06-23) (aged 92)
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Occupationactivist
Known forWomen's National Indian Association

Amelia Stone Quinton (born Amelia Stone on July 31, 1833 – June 23, 1926) was an American social activist and advocate for Native American rights. In collaboration with Mary Bonney, she helped found the Women's National Indian Association in 1883.[1]

She served as the association's president from 1887 to 1904; during this time the association made progress in advancing the rights of Native Americans. They supported passage of the Dawes Severalty Act by Congress in 1887, which provided individual households of Native Americans in Indian Territory with portions of land for farming, and United States citizenship. Senator Henry Dawes (R-Massachusetts), sponsor of the act, later said that "the new government Indian policy was born of and nursed by this women' association."[2]

  1. ^ Mathes, V.S. 2009. "Mary Lucinda Bonney and Amelia Stone Quinton, Founders of the Women's National Indian Association". American Baptist Quarterly. 28, no. 4: 421-440.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WIWH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).