Season 1 · Episode 1527
Eliza Leggett's Underground Railroad & Suffrage| May 9
On this day in 1815, Eliza Seaman Leggett, a key member of the Underground…
Michigan Minute · WKAR Public Media
May 9, 20251m 0s
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Show Notes
On this day in 1815, Eliza Seaman Leggett, a key member of the Underground Railroad, was born. Her Michigan home welcomed many enslaved people and notable abolitionists. A fighter for women's suffrage and public water availability, she also supported American literature. In 2003, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.