Lydia Taft (née Chapin; February 2, 1712 – November 9, 1778) was the first woman known to legally vote in colonial America. This occurred at a town meeting...

Taft, and a U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson II, among others. Lydia Chapin Taft; Noteworthy among early Uxbridge residents was Lydia Chapin...

2004 as the Lydia Taft Highway, after America's first woman voter, Lydia Chapin Taft, a colonial woman from Uxbridge. Lydia Chapin Taft's historic vote...

the birthplace of Lydia Chapin, who became America's first legal woman voter, known later as Lydia Chapin Taft, or simply Lydia Taft. Ezra T. Benson was...

Uxbridge reportedly granted rights to America's first colonial woman voter, Lydia Taft, and approved Massachusetts first women jurors. The first hospital for...

Josiah Taft died prematurely, at the age of 47, and his widow, Lydia Taft, became America's first woman voter in 1756. According to Leonard, Taft descended...

suffrage was in effect during the Age of Liberty (1718–1772). In 1756, Lydia Taft became the first legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred...

Bazaleel Taft House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Bazaleel Taft Sr. was born to Josiah Taft and Lydia Chapin Taft at Uxbridge...

founded the Tafts of Ohio Josiah Taft (1709–1756), grandson of Robert Sr and husband of Lydia Chapin Taft Lydia Chapin Taft (1712–1778), widow of Josiah and...

has media related to Dummerston, Vermont. Town of Dummerston, Vermont Lydia Taft Pratt Library Black Mountain Conservation Area 2015 land acquisition...

captain, he fought during the French and Indian Wars. Upon Taft's death, his wife Lydia Taft became the wealthiest person in Uxbridge and under the premise...

America's first woman voter, Lydia Chapin Taft. The town was named after the Earl of Uxbridge, in Uxbridge, England. The Taft family, of England, settled...

American women's firsts, see the List of American women's firsts. 1756: Lydia Taft is the first woman to vote legally in Colonial America. 1821: Emma Willard...

(Grace) working to keep her spirits up. Sister Pamela is sent by Sister Lydia (Taft) to retrieve a figurine of Saint Francis from William Downey (Armstrong)...

January 29 – Ralph Bigland, English officer of arms (d. 1784) February 2 – Lydia Taft, American suffragist (d. 1778) February 12 – Felton Hervey, aristocratic...

colonies. 1750 Jane Colden was the first woman botanist in America. 1756 Lydia Taft was the first woman known to vote legally in Colonial America after her...

1716) November 9 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720) Lydia Taft, American suffragist (b. 1712) November 11 – Anne Steele, English hymnwriter...

of her own and who was legally considered indistinct from her husband. Lydia Taft (1712–1778), a wealthy widow, was allowed to vote in town meetings in...

advocate Helen Taft (1891–1987) – daughter of President William Howard Taft; traveled the nation giving pro-suffrage speeches Lydia Taft (1712–1778) –...

Political party Whig Spouse Hannah Lovejoy ​ (m. 1807⁠–⁠1848)​ Children Lydia (Taft) (b. 1810; died 1883) Sarah (Felt) (b. 1811; died 1862) John Stevens...

gift for Bezaleel Taft Jr from Bezaleel Taft Sr., on his graduation from Harvard Law School. Bezaleel Jr. was the grandson of Lydia Taft, America's first...

Northbridge, Massachusetts, in 1810 to Adolphus Spring (1772–1847) and Lydia Taft (1772–1838) and attended Uxbridge Academy. In 1831 he moved to New York...

Robert Taft Sr. His grandmother, Lydia Chapin Taft, was America's First Woman Voter. His grandfather, Captain Josiah Taft, had fought in the French and Indian...

County. Members of his congregation included America's first woman voter, Lydia Taft; and Lt. Col. Seth Read, who fought at Bunker Hill, was instrumental in...

January 29 – Ralph Bigland, English officer of arms (d. 1784) February 2 – Lydia Taft, American suffragist (d. 1778) February 12 – Felton Hervey, aristocratic...

1716) November 9 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720) Lydia Taft, American suffragist (b. 1712) November 11 – Anne Steele, English hymnwriter...

widow to become America's first legal, colonial woman voter in 1756. Lydia Chapin Taft Josiah's widow, became America's first woman voter, in 1756. She voted...

Providence, Rhode Island, also located off Massachusetts Route 146A, the Lydia Taft Highway. For a complete listing of the National Historic Register listings...

Lydia Fenet is an American auctioneer, author, podcast host and globally recognized speaker. As CEO & Founder of The Lydia Fenet Agency, she has raised...

Middle School in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. She graduated from Taft High School in the Woodland Hills neighborhood, which was attended at the...