Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.
The rotunda of the U.S. Capitol contains a statue that honors three leading women’s rights leaders: Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, one of the world’s largest, has a sculpture honoring four spiritual heroes of the twentieth century: Anthony, Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein and Mohandas Gandhi.
In 1936, the U.S. Post Office issued its first postage stamp honoring Susan B. Anthony. A second stamp honoring Anthony was issued in April 1958.
In 1979, the United States Mint began issuing the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, the first U.S. coin to honor a real woman rather than an allegorical female figure. The Nineteenth Amendment, which guaranteed the right of women to vote, was named the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. After it was ratified in 1920, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, whose character and policies were strongly influenced by Anthony, was transformed into the League of Women Voters, which is still an active force in U.S. politics.
—Wikipedia Susan B. Anthony: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony
http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php
Susan B. Anthony in 1848 at age 28. http://www.biography.com/people/susan-b-anthony-194905
Anthony in 1855/Library of Congress.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (sitting) with Anthony.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK: http://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm
Susan B. Anthony taken in 1900, when she was 80. http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthony
Cover of Life Magazine in 1913. Titled “Ancient History”, it shows an Anthony-like figure in classical dress leading a protest for women’s rights.
Susan B Anthony commemorative stamp, issued 1936, on the 16th anniversary of ratification of the 19th amendment allowing women to vote.
Susan B. Anthony Magnetic Finger Puppet: http://amzn.to/1DTqdok
‘SOCIAL PURITY’ SPEECH– delivered in Chicago March 14, 1875: http://goo.gl/QWwBYo
Public relations portrait of Susan B. Anthony used in the History of Woman Suffrage by Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Volume I, published in 1881 Engraved by G.E. Perine & Co., New York
