A Woman in Politics! Mary Clark, the Antislavery Movement, and the Emergence of Women's Rights: Historical New Hampshire/ by Beth Salerno.

Title:

A Woman in Politics! Mary Clark, the Antislavery Movement, and the Emergence of Women's Rights: Historical New Hampshire/ by Beth Salerno.

Author:

Salerno, Beth A..

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord,NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2020.

Physical Description:

p4-11 : some illustrations.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2020 Vol. 73 (Fall 2020) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

In 1820, Concord resident Mary Clark wrote to her newly discovered Boston cousin Francis Jackson. In 1838, it was New Hampshire's own Congressman Charles Atherton who authored that year's gag rule to support "state's rights" and prevent Americans from petitioning on the issue of slavery. In her 1836 Address to the Women of New Hampshire, Mary Clark encouraged Granite State women to petition as a moral means by which women might plead the cause of the poor and needy. Mary Clark acknowledged this in her 1840 call to the women of New Hampshire to continue the petition campaign until Congress gave to women the "rights, civil, social and religious" they needed to speak on behalf of enslaved people.

Subjects:

Antislavery movements. , Women's rights. , Political participation. , Activism.

People:

Clark, Mary.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.

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