(SUFFRAGE) Allen Lucy A Mrs L A Allens Appeal to the Legisla

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(SUFFRAGE.) Allen, Lucy A. Mrs. L. A. Allen's Appeal to the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, for the Protection of Women. 115 pages. 8vo, publisher's wrappers, minor soiling. [Hartford?], (1878)

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Lucy A. Allen's petitioned the state government to enact legislation to protect married women from abusive husbands. This pamphlet contains her lengthy and passionate narrative recounting the violent methods used by her husband to seize property in her name: "My sufferings are prolonged and severe, and can only be inferred -- words are inadequate to express them."