Caroline Severance
/Overview
Caroline Seymour Severance born Canandaigua, NY January 12, 1820 (d. 1914). Unitarian pacifist; abolitionist; suffragist. Instrumental in the founding of numerous women's organizations: Free Religious Association with Lucretia Mott, 1867; American Suffrage Association with Lucy Stone, 1869; Women's International Peace Association, 1871.
Quotations
"I am very proud of the work I have done in my life to better the world in which we live and to elevate the condition of humanity, whether black or white, rich or poor, male or female." (letter to Isabella Hooker, Aug. 17, 1869, in connhistory.org; photo http://bit.ly/wFAbOX)