Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American abolitionist and suffragist
Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1842
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 22-Oct-1932
Profession: writer, suffragist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
- Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (October 28, 1842 – October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer.
- An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress.
- A gifted speaker at a very young age, she aided the Republican Party in the hard-fought 1863 elections and significantly influenced the distribution of political power in the Union just prior to the Civil War.
- Dickinson was the first white woman on record to summit Colorado's Gray's Peak, Lincoln Peak, and Elbert Peak (on a mule), and she was the second to summit Pike's Peak.
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