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Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm, by Joel Emmons Whitney, circa 1865.
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	Albumen silver print of a lady with her her drawn back in a bun at the base of her neck. She is wearing a wrap style dress.

Credit: Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, S/NPG.2007.202

In the 1840s, Pittsburgh’s Jane Swisshelm emerged as a strong voice in both the abolition movement and the women's movement for property rights in Pennsylvnaia.  For the next forty years she remained a compelling advocate of women’s rights.

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