Answer true or false to the following:
A woman living in Mary Lyon's time could:
Vote
Go to medical, law, or graduate school.
Wear pants.
Be a minister.
Run for political office.
Serve in the military.
Earn wages equal to men's.
Sue someone in her own name.
Keep ownership of her property after marriage.
Continue contracts made before marriage.
Enroll at Harvard College.
Keep her birth name without controversy.
Go about without wearing a bonnet or cap.
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