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Susan B. Anthony

Pivotal women's rights activist and suffragist

Anthony's father was an abolitionist and a temperance advocate who encouraged all his children to be self-supporting.[1] When she was seventeen, Anthony was sent to a Quaker boarding school but was forced to end her studies after one term due to the Panic of 1837.[2] In 1851, she was introduced to Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Amelia Bloomer, and they formed a pivotal partnership.[3] She worked for improved property rights for married women, leading a campaign that achieved a law in 1860.[4][5]

Anthony and Stanton organized the Women's Loyal National League in 1863, which collected nearly 400,000 signatures to abolish slavery.[6] In 1845, the Anthony household relocated to a farm near Rochester, New York, and there they engaged with the anti-slavery cause.[7] Organizing was Anthony's strong suit, whereas Stanton possessed a talent for writing.[8]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Susan Anthony
Born
15 February 1820
Birthplace
Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
13 March 1906
Place of death
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Known for
  • Advocacy of women's suffrage
  • women's rights
  • abolitionism
Resting place
Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester, New York)

Facts from the source article.

What the cited sources add

Ida Husted Harper's biography notes that Anthony came away from the 1852 National Women's Rights Convention convinced that suffrage was the right women needed most.[9] Harper's account states that Anthony's father was a Quaker who was disowned by his congregation for marrying a non-Quaker and allowing a dance school in his home.[1] Harper's work states that Anthony sheltered a woman who fled an abusive husband and declared she would break the law giving fathers ownership of children.[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, pp. 17, 36–37.; Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, pp. 10–11.; Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, p. 57. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, pp. 24–31. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Griffith (1984), pp. 72–73.; Griffith (1984), p. 108.; Griffith (1984), p. 224. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, pp. 104, 122–128. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, pp. 140–141. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Judith E. Harper, "Biography", Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; Venet (1991), p. 148. The League was called by several variations of its name, including the Women's National Loyal League. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Susan B. Anthony (U.S. National Park Service)", Nps.gov (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: For Anthony's lack of confidence in her writing ability, see letter from Anthony to Stanton, June 5, 1856, quoted in Sherr (1995), p. 22. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, p. 72; Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, p. 81. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Susan B. Anthony" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harper (1898–1908), Vol. 1, p. 204. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Susan B. Anthony (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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