Marriage and Family
On December 8, 1848, Mary married William Wallace Smith Bliss, an army officer who had served with her father.
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“We hope the day will soon come when every girl will be a member of a great Union of Unmarried Women, pledged to refuse an offer of marriage from any man who is not an advocate of their emancipation.”
—Tennessee Claflin (1846–1923)
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