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Mary Ann and Thomas M’Clintock

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The Resume

    Leaders in Quaker reform, women’s suffrage, and abolition
    Mary Ann Wilson (February 20, 1800-May 21, 1884) born in Burlington, New Jersey
    Thomas M’Clintock (March 28, 1792–March 19, 1876) born in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware
    Married on January 13, 1820
    Founding members of the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society (1842)
    Signed the Declaration of Sentiments (July 1848)

Why they might be annoying:

    Their last name is of unusual punctuation (why not just McClintock?).
    Mary Ann has been mistakenly identified as Lucretia Mott in photographs, on occasion.
    They were divisive figures even amongst the Quaker community, who deemed them too radical.
    Although they were highly regarded and power brokers within both abolitionist and suffragist circles, they were barely remembered into the 20th-century.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Their marriage was an equal partnership.
    Their house was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
    Mary Ann M'Clintock co-wrote the Female Anti-Slavery Society's appeal in 1832.
    Thomas was a prominent pharmacist, and was recognized as among the best in the region.
    They helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention at Wesleyan Chapel and the Declaration of Sentiments was signed out of their home.
    Several signers of the original Declaration lived to attend their 50th wedding anniversary celebration in 1870.
    Their family home was listed as a landmark by the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair


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