Susan B. Anthony
(1820–1906) Anthony, the daughter of a Quaker, was well educated. She was a teacher and activist who worked tirelessly in regard to abolition, temperance, and women's rights. Anthony traveled extensively with Elizabeth Cady Stanton promoting women's rights and equality.
- The United States of America v. Susan B. Anthony (1873)
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Famous quotes by susan b. anthony:
“I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. ‘Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.’”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“These have been wonderful years. How many happy, happy times we have traveled about together! Day and night, in stage coaches, on freight trains, over the mountains and across the prairies, hungry and tired, we have wandered. The work was sometimes hard and discouraging but those were happy and useful years.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“In 1872 I received a request like this and I did register and vote, for which I was arrested, convicted and fined $100. Excuse me if I decline to repeat the experience.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“Suffrage is the pivotal right.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)