Lydia Taft
Lydia Chapin (Taft) (February 2, 1712 – November 9, 1778) was the first known legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred in the New England town Town Meeting, at Uxbridge, MA Massachusetts Colony.
Read more about Lydia Taft: Early Life, Marriage To Josiah Taft, Place in Early American History, Women's Suffrage, Footnote of Historic Vote
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