Abby Kelley Foster

Overview

Abby Kelley Foster born Pelham, MA January 15, 1810 (d. 1887). Quaker orator; tax resister; abolitionist; suffragist. Co-founded world's first nonviolent society, the New England Non-Resistance Society.

Quotations

"Taxation without representation is tyranny." (From suffrage memorial, Sept. 29, 1870; c. 1879 photo Wikipedia)