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Also Known As	AERA
Date	May 10, 1866 - 1869
Areas Of Involvement	African Americans • women’s suffrage • suffrage
Related People	Lucretia Mott • Lucy Stone • Caroline Maria Seymour Severance • Josephine Sophia White Griffing

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