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The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

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Lucretia Mott
Age: 87 †
Born: 1793
Born: January 3
Died: 1880
Died: November 11
Abolitionist
Activist
Feminist
Peace Activist
Preacher
Suffragist
Teacher
Nantucket Island
Lucretia C. Mott
Lucretia Coffin Mott
Lucretia Coffin
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