Frances Dana Barker Gage | |
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 Engraving of Frances Gage | |
| Born | October 12, 1808 Washington County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 1884 (aged 76) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, poet, activist, abolitionist |
| Spouse | James L. Gage (1829–1863) |
Frances Dana Barker Gage (pen name, Aunt Fanny; October 12, 1808 – November 10, 1884) was a leading American reformer, feminist and abolitionist. She worked closely with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with other leaders of the early women's rights movement in the United States.[1] She was among the first to champion voting rights for all citizens without regard to race or gender and was a particularly outspoken supporter of giving newly freed African American women the franchise during Reconstruction, along with African American men who had formerly been slaves.[2]
- ^ James, Edward T., Editor. Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume II. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1971). ISBN 0-674-62734-2, p.2
- ^ Dubois, Ellen Carol. Feminism & Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America, 1848–1869. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (1999). ISBN 0-8014-8641-6 p. 68