Frances Griffin (1843-1917) of Wetumpka, Elmore County, was an early leader in the suffrage and Prohibition movements in Alabama. She is notable for being the first woman to address a state legislative body when she spoke at the Alabama Constitutional Convention in 1901.
Frances Griffin
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