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Rebecca Ann Felton | American political activist

Rebecca Ann Felton, née Rebecca Ann Latimer, (born June 10, 1835, near Decatur, Ga., U.S. died Jan. 24, 1930, Atlanta, Ga.), American political activist, writer, and lecturer, the first woman seated in the U.S. Senate. Rebecca Latimer was graduated first in her class from the Madison Female College, Madison, Georgia, in 1852 and the following year married William H. Felton, a local physician active in liberal Democratic politics. She assisted her husband in his political career (as a U.S. congressman and later in the state legislature), writing speeches, planning campaign strategy, and later helping to draft legislation. Together the Feltons promoted ....

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