Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889
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Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889
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Post
Forename :
Amy Kirby
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1802-1889
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Kirby, Amy, 1802-1889
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Surname :
Kirby
Forename :
Amy
Date :
1802-1889
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Biographical History
Amy Post (December 20, 1802 – January 29, 1889) was an activist who was central to several important social causes of the 19th century, including the abolition of slavery and women's rights. Post's upbringing in Quakerism shaped her beliefs in equality of all humans, although she ultimately left the Religious Society of Friends because of her desire to actively support social change efforts that called upon her to collaborate with non-Quakers. A friend of many prominent activists including Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, Post provided key support to the causes that she believed in both publicly and in less-public ways. She was a signer of the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments and a life-long activist who committed herself to work toward a range of intersecting social issues. This blended activism approach sets Post apart from many other activists of her time who advocated for a single issue in the hopes that doing so would lead to sufficient social change.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/4795184
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr92028739
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/nr92028739
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q40741510
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Courtship
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Society of Friends
Society of Friends
Society of Friends
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Quakers
Quakers
Quaker women
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Americans
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Scipio Center
NY, US
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Rochester
NY, US
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Jericho
NY, US
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