Hannah Tracy Cutler

Hannah Tracy Cutler
Born
Hannah Maria Conant

(1815-12-25)December 25, 1815
Becket, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 11, 1896(1896-02-11) (aged 80)
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Other namesHannah Conant Tracy
Mrs. John Tracy
Mrs. Samuel Cutler
Mrs. Dr. Cutler
Occupation(s)abolitionist, women's rights activist, suffragist, lecturer, educator, journalist, farmer, physician[1]
Spouse(s)John Martin Tracy (1809–1844)
Colonel Samuel Cutler (1808–1873)

Hannah Maria Conant Tracy Cutler (December 25, 1815[1] – February 11, 1896[2]) was an American abolitionist as well as a leader of the temperance and women's suffrage movements in the United States. Cutler served as president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA).[2] Cutler helped to shape the merger of two feminist factions into the combined National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).[3]

Cutler wrote for newspapers and journals; she drafted laws and authored several books. She lectured on physiology and attained a medical degree at the age of 53. Cutler presented petitions to state and federal legislatures, and helped to form temperance, abolition, suffrage and women's aid societies in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Vermont.

  1. ^ a b Alexander Street Press. Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000. Author Details: Cutler, Hannah Maria Conant Tracy, 1815–1895 Archived 2004-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on May 28, 2009.
  2. ^ a b James, Notable American Women
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