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In this story I will focus on a woman named Elizabeth Pease Nichol. She lived from 1807 - 1897. Elizabeth was born in Darlington, England. Her parents were Joseph Pease and Elizabeth Beaumont. They were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Her father was a founder of the Peace Society.
The Quakers held a strong view about the value of educating girls as well as boys. Elizabeth attended a school with her brothers and male cousins, one of only two girls at the school.When it closed down, her education continued at home, where it was disrupted by her mother's poor health.
By 1837, Elizabeth was leading the Darlington Ladies Anti-Slavery Society. Charles Stuart, an Anti-Slavery abolitionist and lecturer, encouraged her to send a female delegate or attend a national society being formed by Joseph Sturge. Elizabeth resisted more public involvement, as she did not seek the limelight but wanted to work locally for the causes she held to be important.
In 1838 Elizabeth published an important pamphlet with Jane Smeal Wigham titled "Adress to the Women of Great Britain." This document was a call to action to British women, asking them to speak in public and to form their own anti-slavery organisations.
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