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JP Women Played Big Role in Suffrage Movement

By Chris Helms on August 26, 2014
JP Women Played Big Role in Suffrage MovementJudith Winsor Smith, who for decades fought for women's suffrage, spent the last part of her long life in Jamaica Plain.
Judith Winsor Smith, who for decades fought for women's suffrage, spent the last part of her long life in Jamaica Plain.
Judith Winsor Smith, who for decades fought for women's suffrage, spent the last part of her long life in Jamaica Plain.

Tuesday is Women’s Equality Day, which celebrates women in the U.S. winning the right to vote. It won’t surprise you to know that JP has long been a hotbed of activism on behalf of women’s rights. Here are a few feminist forebears with ties to JP.