# Mrs. Staunton — Poetry character guide

> Mrs. Staunton in Poetry by James McIntyre.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0281-horace-greely-and-mrs-staunton

## Who they are

A character in a poem about Horace Greeley.

## In the story

### [Horace Greely and Mrs. Staunton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/horace-greely-and-mrs-staunton)

A robust woman who declines to fight in the Civil War despite being a champion of women's rights, preferring to support from home.

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