She was born Jan. 15, 1810, and died Jan. 14, 1887 in Worcester, Massechusetts. She became active in the Female Anti-Slavery Society in the 1830s, and in 1838 she helped William Garrison organize the New England Non-Resistance Society. Her career as a political lecturer brought her national fame ,because she addressed mixed audiences,including: men,women, African americans, and whites. In 1845 she married Stephen S. Foster (1809 – 81), a prominent abolitionist who joined her lecture tour. In the 1850s she added temperance and women's rights to her lecture topics.
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