Thursday, January 10, 2008

Susan Brownwell Anthony (Feb. 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906


Susan Brownell Anthony met Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1850. They went door-to-door with their support of emancipation and women's suffrage. Anthony published The Revolution. She supported women's unions and equal pay and became an important force behind the National Woman Suffrage Association. She worked for more than fifty years fighting for women's right to vote, mostly through nationwide speeches and fundraising. She also served as the head of several committees and councils and wrote books on the subject.

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