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Charlotte Vandine Forten (Birthday)
Join us in commemorating the birthday of Charlotte Vandine Forten born in 1785.
-- 1st generation American suffragist
-- Mother of the Forten sisters: Margaret, Harriet, and Sarah (2nd generation suffragists)
-- Grandmother of Charlotte Forten Grimké (3rd generation suffragist)
Learn more:
-- PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p477.html
-- Black Suffragette: http://www.blacksuffragette.com/friends
-- Suffragist Memorial: https://suffragistmemorial.org/african-american-women-leaders-in-the-suffrage-movement
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