Isabella Beecher Hooker (22 Feb 1822 – 25 Jan 1907) was born as a soldier in her father’s army to stop the spread of Catholicism and support abolition. Unlike her father and older siblings Catharine and Harriet and fellow suffragists, Isabella was much more radically progressive in her positions of gender. In 1869, she founded the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association and remained a leader in the suffrage movement until her death, extending beyond solely suffrage and actively pushed for women in all realms of life, including police. She also co-wrote the first law that would allow women in Connecticut to own property.
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