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Richard Henry Lee

noun

Leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794). Synonym: Lee.

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... large measure to the superiority of American women. A few women had urged their claims: Abigail Adams asked her husband, a member of the Continental Congress, "to remember the ladies" in the "new code of laws"; and Hannah Lee Corbin of Virginia pleaded with her brother, Richard Henry Lee, to make good the principle of "no taxation without representation" by enfranchising ...

— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz

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