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Maria W. Stewart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Stewart (Maria Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1879) was an African American public speaker, abolitionist, and feminist. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1803. At the age of five she beca...
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The words of black Bostonian Maria W. Stewart, who began her public life a genera- ... introduction clearly shows that black abolitionist ...
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Marilyn Richardson's fascinating introduction to Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer, provides a biographical sketch of this bold and militant woman, placing her in the context of the swirling abolitionist movement.
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David Walker, one of America’s earliest abolitionist authors, and Maria Stewart, the first woman to speak publicly for abolitionism and women’s rights, both resided there. A three-and-one-half-story brick home was built on ... Richardson, Marilyn, ed. Maria W. Stewart, America’s First Black Woman Political Writer;
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Stewart was probably the first black woman journalist, and wrote at a time when the public didn't want to hear what women or blacks had to say. Although she spent most of her life struggling to survive, she was a pioneer and paved the way for future black female journalists. ... Maria Stewart; 1803-1879...
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Maria W Stewart was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1803 ... While she had little formal education, some of her essays were printed in pamphlet form by white abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison. These pamphlets earned a small income for Maria. ... Her black critics considered it promiscuous for a woman to speak out in public.
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Maria W. Stewart was a free black woman, born in Connecticut in 1803. She became an eloquent champion of the rights of black and women. ... and at the end of the one year and a half, we might be able to lay the corner-stone for the building of a High School, that the higher branches of knowledge might be enjoyed by us;
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