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Martha Hughes Cannon

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American physician and politician (1857-1932)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1857 to 1932 · aged 75
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Martha Maria "Mattie" Hughes Cannon was a Welsh-American politician, physician, Utah women's rights advocate, suffragist, and a polygamous wife.

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Martha Maria Hughes Cannon in the year 1880.Martha Maria Hughes Cannon in the year 1880.Susan B. Anthony (first row fourth from left) with suffrage leaders from Utah and elsewhere. Dr. Martha Cannon standing far left.Susan B. Anthony (first row fourth from left) with suffrage leaders from Utah and elsewhere. Dr. Martha Cannon standing far left.The Utah State Senate in 1897, Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon standing to the left of center.The Utah State Senate in 1897, Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon standing to the left of center.

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About this person

Martha Maria "Mattie" Hughes Cannon was a Welsh-American politician, physician, Utah women's rights advocate, suffragist, and a polygamous wife. Her family immigrated to the United States as converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and traveled West to settle in the Utah Territory with other church members. She started working at the age of fourteen, and at sixteen she enrolled in the University of Deseret, receiving a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. She later attended the University of Michigan and received an M.D.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1857 to 1932 · aged 75
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