Mary Ann Sorden Stuart

Mary Ann Sorden Stuart
Image of Mary Ann Sorden Stuart from Greenwood: A Delaware Town Printed By: Greenwood Bicentennial Committee
Born	Mary Ann Sorden (1828-02-12)February 12, 1828 Greenwood, Delaware, U.S.
Died	April 19, 1893(1893-04-19) (aged 65) Greenwood, Delaware, U.S.
Resting place	St. Johnstown Methodist Church, Greenwood
Known for	Women's suffrage women's rights

Mary Ann Sorden Stuart (February 12, 1828 – April 19, 1893) was an American suffragist who served as a representative of the women's suffrage movement from Delaware and attended the National Woman Suffrage Association conventions in Washington, DC.^[1]

Early life

Mary Ann Sorden Stuart was born on February 12, 1828, to John Sorden and Sarah Owens Pennewill Sorden in Sussex County, Delaware.^[2]

Activism

Stuart organized the first women's suffrage group in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1869.^[3] Stuart spoke in favor of women's suffrage in front of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in 1878.^[4] She also became the Delaware representative to the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA).^[4] Stuart also testified to the Delaware General Assembly in 1881 on allowing women's suffrage in the state constitution.^[4]

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