“Every argument for the emancipation of the colored man was an argument for the emancipation of women.”

— Olympia Brown

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About Olympia Brown

Activist • American

Olympia Brown was a pioneering American minister, suffragist, and a lifelong advocate for women's rights. Ordained in 1863, she became one of the first women in the United States to achieve this status in a national...

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