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Marilla Marks Ricker, lawyer, author and humanitarian, was born at New Durham, N.H., daughter of Jonathan B. and Hannah D. (Stevens) Young.

  • Marilla Marks Ricker, lawyer, author and humanitarian, was born at New Durham, N.H., daughter of Jonathan B. and Hannah D. (Stevens) Young.
  • Marilla Ricker was the first woman to cast her ballot in a state election prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1871, the first woman appointed.
  • Marilla Marks Ricker (née Young; March 18, 1840 – November 12, 1920) was a suffragist, philanthropist, lawyer, and freethinker.
  • Born in New Durham, NH in 1840, Marilla Young Ricker may have been destined to be a rebel from an early age.
  • Marilla Ricker is a biography written by Elbert Hubbard about the life of Marilla Ricker, a prominent feminist and lawyer in the late 19th and early 20th.

    • Marilla Marks Ricker (née Young; March 18, 1840 – November 12, 1920) was a suffragist, philanthropist, lawyer, and freethinker.!

    Marilla Ricker

    American lawyer

    Marilla Marks Ricker (née Young; March 18, 1840 – November 12, 1920) was a suffragist, philanthropist, lawyer, and freethinker.[1] She was the first female lawyer from New Hampshire, and she paved the way for women to be accepted into the bar in New Hampshire.[2][3] She was also the first woman to run for governor in that state, and the first woman to apply for a federal foreign ambassadorship post.

    She made significant and lasting contributions to the issues of women's rights and irreligion through her actions and her writings.

    Early life

    Marilla Marks Young was born on March 18, 1840, in New Durham, New Hampshire.

    Her mother, Hannah D. (Stevens) Young,[4] was a devoted Free Will Baptist, and her father, Jonathan Young,[4] was a freethinker. Jonathan taught her to think independently and to be curious, taking her to town meetings and courtrooms.[5] She was educated at Colby Acade