Susan B. (Susan Brownell) Anthony

Susan B. (Susan Brownell) Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony was a prominent American social reformer and women's rights activist. She played a crucial role in the women's suffrage movement, co-founding the National Woman Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Anthony's efforts culminated in the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote in 1920. She also published the newspaper "The Revolution" and collaborated on the multi-volume work "History of Woman Suffrage."

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PRECEDING CAUSES. As civilization advances there is a continual change in the standard of human rights. In barbarous ages the right of the strongest was the only one recognized; but as mankind progressed in the arts and sciences intellect began to triumph over brute force. Change is a law of life, and the development of society a natural growth. Although to this law we owe the discoveries of unknown... more...

WOMAN'S PATRIOTISM IN THE WAR. The first gun on Sumter, April 12, 1861—Woman's military genius—Anna Ella Carroll—The Sanitary Movement—Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell—The Hospitals—Dorothea Dix—Services on the battle-field—Clara Barton—The Freedman's Bureau—Josephine Griffing—Ladies' National Covenant—Political campaigns—Anna Dickinson—The Woman's Loyal... more...