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Faced with an unjust new tax—a higher rate levied on land held by spinsters in the town of Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 1869—sisters Julia and Abby Smith protested: since they couldn't vote, this was taxation without representation, against which their ancestors had fought in the Revolution. At first the Smiths argued but paid up, but after Abby was denied the right to speak in town meeting, they withheld the tax. Their cows were then confiscated and auctioned off; friendly neighbors en...Log In or Sign Up to Read More