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Christian feast day: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman (Episcopal Church (USA))
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American suffragist (1815–1902)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole purpose of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Amelia Bloomer
Women's rights activist and temperance advocate
Amelia Jenks Bloomer was an American newspaper editor, women's rights and temperance advocate. Even though she did not create the women's clothing reform style known as bloomers, her name became associated with it because of her early and strong advocacy. In her work with The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sojourner Truth
African-American activist (1797–1883)
Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Harriet Tubman
African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)
Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Episcopal Church (United States)
Protestant Anglican denomination
The Episcopal Church (TEC), also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)