Abby Kelley
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About
Influential abolitionist who led the American Anti-Slavery Society with William Lloyd Garrison and worked to gain equal rights for women.
Before Fame
She had a strict Quaker upbringing, which stressed education for women.
Trivia
She also campaigned for equal rights for women, and went to the famous Seneca Falls convention.
Family Life
She married a fellow radical, Stephen Symonds Foster.
Associated With
Angelina Grimke was a fellow abolitionist who argued not only freedom for African-Americans, but full equality.
