Overview
Correspondence of Susan B. Anthony, suffragist and reformer.
Dates
- Creation: 1882
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Access. Originals closed; use digital images.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Papers created by Susan B. Anthony are in the public domain.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 foldersAutograph letter signed to her cousin, Senator Henry Bowen Anthony of Rhode Island, asking for his support during the campaign for the ratification of the state constitutional amendment to give women the vote in Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, September 18, 1882. Also annotated broadside announcing the 14th Annual Convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association in Omaha on September 26-28, 1882, and typed transcript of Anthony's letter.
BIOGRAPHY
Best known for her lifelong crusade for woman's suffrage, Susan B. Anthony was first active in the temperance and anti-slavery movements. In May 1869 she organized the National Woman Suffrage Association, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as president. From 1891-1900, she was the second president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. For further information, see Notable American Women (1971).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 99-M167
Received from Boris I. Bittker, November 1999.
Topical
Creator
- Title
- Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. Papers of Susan B. Anthony, 1882: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00203
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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