(SUFFRAGE) Smith Julia E Abby Smith and Her Cows

Sale 2065 - Lot 275

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(SUFFRAGE.) Smith, Julia E. Abby Smith and Her Cows. Frontispiece. 8vo, publisher's wrappers, rear wrapper torn. Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1877

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When the town of Glastonberry, Connecticut decided to levy higher taxes on property owned by women, the Smith sisters refused to pay, arguing that because they could not vote that the town's assessment constituted taxation without representation. The town responded by auctioning the Smith sisters beloved cows to pay the debt -- a rallying cry for the Suffrage Movement.