Mary Upton Ferrin was 61 years old in 1871 when Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to address a House committee - delivering a speech about women's suffrage before the House Judiciary Committee. Mary petitioned the Massachusetts Judiciary Committee in the 1850s and would certainly have been interested in Woodhull's campaign.
Meet the first woman to run for president.
Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments
The image is one I have often seen - now I know the story behind it.
Suffragette City
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