Maria W. Stewart (1803-1880)Influential black women <p><img class="myclass" src="http://d207ibygpg2z1x.cloudfront.net/image/upload/v1544418606/articles_upload/content/ggk4hz7rvrgxuaz4nm5v.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p>Maria Stewart, an abolitionist and women's rights activist, was the first African American woman on record to publicly lecture on women's rights. Her published pieces appear in The Liberator, a prominent newspaper of white abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, though she also supported Frederick Douglass’ newspaper, <em>The North Star.</em></p> <p><em>Source: <a href="https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/famous-black-feminists" target="_blank">https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/famous-black-feminists</a></em></p>