Margaret Brent

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Margaret Brent

Birth
Gloucestershire, England
Death
1671 (aged 69–70)
Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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She and her sister and brothers came to America in 1638,settling at St.Mary's,Maryland.In 1650 Margaret moved to Virginia,joining her brother at his home near the mouth of Aquia Creek.The first American woman to advocate equal rights for women.
She and her sister and brothers came to America in 1638,settling at St.Mary's,Maryland.In 1650 Margaret moved to Virginia,joining her brother at his home near the mouth of Aquia Creek.The first American woman to advocate equal rights for women.