Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896

Quaker reformer devoted to social justice causes including the anti-salvery movement, the woman's rights movement, various peace movements, prison reform and aiding Indians. Dugdale was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Ohio and Pennsylvania before moving his family to a farm in Henry County, Iowa in 1862. Dugdale and his wife Ruth joined the Hicksite Friends Meeting at Prairie Grove, Iowa. Ruth and Joseph later moved into Mount Pleasant where the couple continued their social reform activities. In May of 1870 Dugdale called for an Iowa Woman's Enfranchisement Convention to be held in Mount Pleasant June 16-17 and an Iowa Peace Convention to be held on June 18. The Iowa Peace Society was established at this 1870 convention. In 1873 the Dugdale chaired the Iowa Peace Society annual meeting at New Sharon, Iowa.

From the description of Joseph A. Dugdale correspondence 1866-1873, bulk 1870. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 233598851

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