Susan B. Anthony
American women's rights activist (1820-1906)
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Susan B. Anthony was an American activist who fought for women's rights during the 19th century, most notably advocating for women's suffrage—the right to vote. Her decades-long work helped establish the foundation for women's political participation and remains a pivotal chapter in the history of civil rights in the United States.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 February 1820
- Died
- 13 March 1906
- Works
- 38
Top works
- An account of the proceedings on the trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the charge of illegal voting, at the presidential election in November 1872
- History of Woman Suffrage (1887)
- Introduction to the History of Women's Suffrage
- History of Women Suffrage
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony Reader, 3d Ed
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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activities, primarily in the field of women's rights. Together they founded the New York Women's State Temperance Society after Anthony was prevented from speaking at a temperance conference because she was female. During the Civil War they founded the Women's Loyal National League, which conducted the largest petition drive in United States history up to that time, collecting nearly 400,000 signatures in support of the abolition of slavery. After the war, they initiated the American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal rights for all, including both women and African Americans. They began publishing a women's rights newspaper in 1868 called The Revolution. A year later, they founded the National Woman Suffrage Association as part of a split in the women's movement. The split was formally healed in 1890 when their organization merged with the rival American Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association, with Anthony as its key force. Anthony and Stanton began working with Matilda Joslyn Gage in 1876 on what eventually grew into the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage. The interests of Anthony and Stanton diverged somewhat in later years, but the two remained close friends.