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Monday, July 29, 2024

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns, co-founder of the National Women's Party, was born on July 28, 1879 in what is now Brooklyn, New York. Willing to risk imprisonment for the cause of women's suffrage, Burns was arrested six times—more than any other suffragist.

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