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Anthony, Susan Brownell - 1820–1906, American reformer and leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Adams, Mass.; daughter of Daniel Anthony, Quaker abolitionist. From the age of 17, when she was a teacher in rural New York state, she agitated for equal pay for women teachers, for coeducation, and for college training for girls. When the Sons of Temperance refused to admit women into their movement, she organized the first woman's temperance association, the Daughters of Temperance. At a temperance meeting in 1851 she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and from that time until Stanton's death in 1902 they were associated as the leaders of the woman's movement in the United States and were bound by a warm personal friendship. Susan B. Anthony lectured (1851–60) on women's rights and on abolition, and, with Stanton, secured the first laws in the New York state legislature guaranteeing to women rights over their children and control of property and wages. In 1863 she was a coorganizer of the Women's Loyal League to support Lincoln's government, especially his emancipation policy. After the Civil War she opposed granting suffrage to freedmen without also giving it to women, and many woman-suffrage sympathizers broke with her on this issue. She and Stanton organized (1869) the National Woman Suffrage Association. In 1890 this group united with the American Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association, of which Anthony was president from 1892 to 1900. In 1872 she led a group of women to the polls in Rochester, N.Y., to test the right of women to the franchise under the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment. Her arrest, trial, and sentence to a fine (which she refused to pay) were a cause célèbre; other women followed her example until the case was decided against them by the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1869 she traveled and lectured throughout the United States and Europe, seeing the feminist movement gradually advance to respectability and political importance. The secret of her power, aside from her superior intellect and strong personality, was her unswerving singleness of purpose. With Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage, she compiled Volumes I to III of the History of Woman Suffrage (1881–86), using a personal legacy to buy most of the first edition and present the volumes to colleges and universities in the United States and Europe. The History was completed by Ida Husted Harper (Vol. IV–VI, 1900–1922; Susan B. Anthony contributed to Vol. IV).

See The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, ed. by I. Husted (3 vol., 1908; repr. 1969); biographies by K. S. Anthony (1954) and R. C. Dorr (1928, repr. 1970).

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Susan B. Anthony: The Woman Who Changed the Mind of a Nation (1928) » Read Now
by Rheta Childe Dorr. 371 pgs.

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...SUSAN B. ANTHONY THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED THE MIND OF A NATION SUSAN B. ANTHONY THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED THE MIND...SHE MAY KNOW SOMETHING OF HER HERITAGE SUSAN B. ANTHONY In Her...
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American Feminists (Chap. 4 "Susan Brownell Anthony") » Read Now
by Robert E. Riegel. 226 pgs.

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...15 She delighted in calling Susan B. Anthony "Banthony." When her sister moved...Even her close friends such as Susan Anthony and Martha Wright almost always...people. At...
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Women's Suffrage in America: An Eyewitness History » Read Now
by Elizabeth Frost, Kathryn Cullen-Dupont. 456 pgs.

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Summary: Chronicles the struggle of American women for the right to vote, from 1800 to their victory in 1920. Includes quotations from contemporary witnesses through memoirs, letters, and other documents of the period.
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Man Cannot Speak for Her, Vol. 1 (Chap. 7 "Seeking a Judicial Route to Suffrage: Anthony in Behalf of Herself") » Read Now
by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. 216 pgs.

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"The right to cast a ballot from a feminine hand occupied the attention and efforts of hundreds of women for more than a century in the U.S. In these two volumes Campbell (University of Minnesota) provides a basic understanding of two processes: the development of the rhetoric used by the women who...
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"The right to cast a ballot from a feminine hand occupied the attention and efforts of hundreds of women for more than a century in the U.S. In these two volumes Campbell (University of Minnesota) provides a basic understanding of two processes: the development of the rhetoric used by the women who argued for equal rights, and the constraints and sanctions applied to those women who affronted the norms of society's expectation that true women were seldom seen and never spoke in public. The first volume lays the foundation for the analysis of rhetorical style and content by its fine introduction and by a succession of chapters organized chronologically, with biographical sketches and excerpts from speeches. It includes a chapter specifically addressed to issues of sex, race, and class faced by African American women. Volume 2 is not a continuation of the first, but contains the texts on which the first volume is based. The biographical and historical sections are gracefully written and well organized, but the greatest value of the set lies in the actual words of the feminist leaders and Campbell's skillfull analyses. Every women's studies program must have this available. Upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice
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Women's Rights ("Profile: Susan Brownell Anthony, Women's Rights Activist" begins on p. 77 and Chap. 8 "Getting the Vote") » Read Now
by Christine A. Lunardini. 220 pgs.

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"... an excellent, involving title which provides a great deal of documented research on the nature of and changes affecting women's rights in this country". -- The Bookwatch
The women's movement in America is not a recent phenomenon. In this clear and comprehensive reference work, the author...
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"... an excellent, involving title which provides a great deal of documented research on the nature of and changes affecting women's rights in this country". -- The Bookwatch
The women's movement in America is not a recent phenomenon. In this clear and comprehensive reference work, the author chronicles the achievements and setbacks in the 200-year struggle for equality for women. Readers will discover the profound social impact the movement has had on American culture and society as they review a wide variety of topics and events. These range from women's efforts to keep the economy intact during the Revolutionary era to the present-day challenges of sex discrimination and work-related issues. Also featured are the biographies of women who have played key roles in the struggle for women's rights, as well as a fascinating chronology of the women's movement. The text is enhanced with photos and illustrations, and a glossary and detailed bibliography are also included. Women's Rights will give readers new insights into one of the most complicated issues of our time and will help them understand that equality is clearly an ongoing struggle.
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Jailed for Freedom (1920) (Chap. 1 "A Militant Pioneer -- Susan B. Anthony") » Read Now
by Doris Stevens. 388 pgs.

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...1 A MILITANT PIONEER--SUSAN B. ANTHONY 3 2 A MILITANT...all the world for doing it! " SUSAN B. ANTHONY, 1872. PART I LEADERSHIP CHAPTER 1 A MILITANT PIONEER--SUSAN B...
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The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality (Chap. 11 "The Feminist Network") » Read Now
by Mabel Collins Donnelly. 168 pgs.

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...in Kansas, along with Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. In short, if a sense of sisterly...Beecher had as an informant Mrs. R. B. Gleason who had studied medicine...by...
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Connecting Links: The British and American Woman Suffrage Movements, 1900-1914 (Discussion of Susan B. Anthony in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Patricia Greenwood Harrison. 281 pgs.

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Between 1900 and 1914, the British and American suffrage movements were characterized by interaction among suffragists, their organizations, and their publications on a much broader scale than has been generally recognized or acknowledged. Harrison isolates and examines the various connecting links...
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Between 1900 and 1914, the British and American suffrage movements were characterized by interaction among suffragists, their organizations, and their publications on a much broader scale than has been generally recognized or acknowledged. Harrison isolates and examines the various connecting links ranging from personal relationships to the emphasis on a common cause. Women participated in one another's organizations and activities, including speaking tours and visits, and each group used the experience of the other to stimulate its own progress. In addition to the prominent figures of the day, Harrison includes information about lesser-known suffragists whose names and actions have been largely lost to history.
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Path Breaking: An Autobiographical History of the Equal Suffrage Movement in Pacific Coast States (Chap. 5 "Brings Miss Anthony to Oregon") » Read Now
by Abigail Scott Duniway. 298 pgs.

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...paper, appeared as books. After Susan B. Anthony visited Oregon to stir up the...newspaper , I am proud to mention Susan B. Anthony. This wonderful woman had up...my world...
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Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1800-1925: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook ("Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), Radical Egalitarian of Woman's Right" begins on p. 14) » Read Now
by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. 512 pgs.

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This biographical dictionary, the first of two companion volumes, gives new recognition to early women orators--those who spoke despite efforts to silence them. Following Campbell's introductory chapter, the volume provides extensive entries on 37 key orators. Subjects include suffragists, the first...
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This biographical dictionary, the first of two companion volumes, gives new recognition to early women orators--those who spoke despite efforts to silence them. Following Campbell's introductory chapter, the volume provides extensive entries on 37 key orators. Subjects include suffragists, the first lawyers, ministers, physicians, labor organizers, newspaper editors and publishers, historians, educators, even soldiers. Each entry provides brief biographical information, then focuses on the woman's public life in discourse. Each entry includes an analysis of the subject's rhetoric and information on primary sources, critical works, key rhetorical documents, and selected sources of historical and biographical information. The work is fully indexed.
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