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WILSON, Henrietta. (Erie, PA-- | WILSON, Henrietta. (Erie, PA--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 12, 1898). Henrietta was one of the founding members of the Northern Iowa Woman Suffrage Association. She was married to [[WILSON, David S.|David S. WILSON]] and the sister-in-law of [[WILSON, Thomas S.|Thomas S. WILSON]] who introduced a bill in the 1866 Iowa General Assembly giving married women the right to their own earnings under certain circumstances. She was thirty-six when she became interested in women's voting rights. | ||
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WILSON, Henrietta. (Erie, PA--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 12, 1898). Henrietta was one of the founding members of the Northern Iowa Woman Suffrage Association. She was married to David S. WILSON and the sister-in-law of Thomas S. WILSON who introduced a bill in the 1866 Iowa General Assembly giving married women the right to their own earnings under certain circumstances. She was thirty-six when she became interested in women's voting rights.
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Noun, Louise, Strong-Minded Women: The Emergence of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in IowaAmes: Iowa State University Press, 1969, p. 113