1. Lillian Harman became a national icon for that cause following her "free marriage", which took place outside state and church recognition, and her subsequent imprisonment.
13 Facts About Lillian Harman
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Lillian Harman's first child was born under a contract that stipulated the father's responsibilities in supporting the daughter.
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Lillian Harman moved from Kansas to Chicago, remarried, and had a son.
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Lillian Harman was born on December 23,1869, to Moses and Susan Lillian Harman in Crawford County, Missouri.
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Lillian Harman coedited its paper, the Valley Falls Liberal, which he later renamed Lucifer, the Light-Bearer.
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Lillian Harman protested the power that sanctioned marriages gave husbands over their wives' property, identity, and body.
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Lillian Harman was convicted for breaking the Kansas Marriage Act of 1867 and served prison time when she refused to pay court costs.
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Lillian Harman became more active in the paper's publication upon her release in 1887.
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Lillian Harman concurrently assisted her father with Our New Humanity and the American Journal of Eugenics, which subsided with his death in 1910.
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Lillian Harman had a child in 1893 under terms that made her a "free mother".
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Lillian Harman made her husband, Walker, commit in writing to providing his portion of support for the daughter.
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Lillian Harman wrote for the league's journal and spoke against age of consent laws for their restriction of women's rights.
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In 1898, Lillian Harman was arrested for obscenity charges, along with George Bedborough.