Poet Sarah T. Bolton, whose most famous work was “Paddle your own Canoe,” helped strike a blow for this area of women’s rights.
- Property rights
- Holding public office
- Serving on juries
- Admitting women to the bar
Poet Sarah T. Bolton, whose most famous work was “Paddle your own Canoe,” helped strike a blow for this area of women’s rights.
Property rights. She actively assisted Robert Dale Owen in his campaign to incorporate property rights for women into the 1850 Indiana Constitution. Bolton was first published in the Madison Banner of Madison, Indiana, when she was 13.