Henry Browne Blackwell

Henry Browne Blackwell

politician

BIRTHDAY May 4, 1825
BIRTH SIGN Taurus
BIRTHPLACE England
AGE ? years old
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ABOUT HENRY BROWNE BLACKWELL

Co-founder of the Republican Party and publisher of Woman's Journal with is publishing partner, Lucy Stone .

He attended Kemper College, but dropped out to support his family.

In 1867, he wrote a proposal for women's suffrage that was sent to the southern legislature. He remained a strong supporter of women's rights throughout his life.

In 1855, he married Lucy Stone , with whom he had daughter Alice Stone Blackwell.

His sister, Elizabeth Blackwell , was the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.