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Hester C. Jeffrey

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Hester C. Jeffrey (née Whitehurst c. 1842 – January 2, 1934), also known as Jeffreys or Jeffries, or Mrs. R. Jerome Jeffrey, after her husband was an American activist, suffragist, and community organizer in Rochester, New York and New York City.

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