Susan Brownell Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

15 February 1820—13 March 1906

Emmeline B. Wells

Born 15 February 1820 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.1 Daughter of Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read.2 Worked as a governess in Easton, Washington County, New York, 1837.3 Taught school, 1839–1849.4 Secretary of the Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, branch of the Daughters of Temperance.5 Cofounder and secretary of the Women’s State Temperance Society of New York, 1852.6 Hired as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1856.7 Successfully campaigned to expand New York’s Married Women’s Property Act, 1860.8 Petitioned Congress for universal suffrage, January 1866.9 Began publishing the Revolution with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Parker Pillsbury, January 1868.10 Appointed as a delegate to the Democratic Convention, 1868.11 Charter member of the National Woman Suffrage Association, 1869; elected chair of the executive committee that same year.12 Lectured with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Salt Lake City, 29 June 1871.13 Founding member of the International Council of Women, 25 March 1888, in Washington, DC.14 Took part in the merging of the National Woman Suffrage Association with the American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890.15 Elected vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), 1890; served as president of NAWSA, 1892–1900.16 Returned to Utah Territory to lecture at a suffrage conference, May 1895.17 Attended meetings of the International Council of Women in London, 1899, and in Berlin, 1904.18 Bequeathed a gold ring to Emmeline B. Wells, 1906.19 Died 13 March 1906 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.20

The First Fifty Years of Relief Society

Born 15 February 1820 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.21 Daughter of Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read.22 Worked as a governess in Easton, Washington County, New York, 1837.23 Taught school, 1839–1849.24 Secretary of the Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, branch of the Daughters of Temperance.25 Cofounder and secretary of the Women’s State Temperance Society of New York, 1852.26 Hired as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1856.27 Successfully campaigned to expand New York’s Married Women’s Property Act, 1860.28 Petitioned Congress for universal suffrage, January 1866.29 Began publishing the Revolution with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Parker Pillsbury, January 1868.30 Appointed as a delegate to the Democratic Convention, 1868.31 Charter member of the National Woman Suffrage Association, 1869; elected chair of the executive committee that same year.32 Lectured with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Salt Lake City, 29 June 1871.33 Founding member of the International Council of Women, 25 March 1888, in Washington, DC.34 Took part in the merging of the National Woman Suffrage Association with the American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890.35 Elected vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), 1890; served as president of NAWSA, 1892–1900.36 Returned to Utah Territory to lecture at a suffrage conference, May 1895.37 Attended meetings of the International Council of Women in London, 1899, and in Berlin, 1904.38 Bequeathed a gold ring to Emmeline B. Wells, 1906.39 Died 13 March 1906 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.40

Footnotes

1 “Family Record,” Susan B. Anthony Papers, 1837–1954, A/A628c, seq. 2, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Richard B. Morris and Jeffrey B. Morris, eds., Encyclopedia of American History, 7th ed. (HarperCollins Publishers, 1996), 980.
2 “Family Record,” Anthony Papers, seq. 2; George Norbury Mackenzie, ed., Colonial Families of the United States of America [. . .], vol. 2 (Seaforth Press, 1911), 18.
3 Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony [. . .], vol. 1 (Bowen-Merrill, 1899), 24.
4 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:39–44, 49, 55; Morris and Morris, Encyclopedia of American History, 980.
5 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:53.
6 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:66–68; Alice Felt Tyler, Freedom’s Ferment: Phases of American Social History to 1860 (University of Minnesota Press, 1944), 448.
7 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:137–138, 148.
8 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:186–187, 189; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1 (Fowler and Wells, 1881), 256, 619, 686–688.
9 “Universal Suffrage,” Featured Congressional Documents, The Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives, reviewed 25 July 2019, archives.gov.
10 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2 (Susan B. Anthony, 1881), 264; “The Revolution,” Revolution (New York), 8 Jan. 1868, 1.
11 “Tammany Hall and Susan B. Anthony,” Revolution, 18 June 1868, 1.
12 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:326–328, 327n1; Stanton, Anthony, and Gage, History of Woman Suffrage, 2:400, 400–401n†; Ida Husted Harper, ed., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 5 (National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1922), 1.
13 Susan B. Anthony, Letter to the Revolution, 5 July 1871, in “Susan B. Anthony at Salt Lake,” Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Utah Mining Gazette, 19 July 1871, [4]; Advertisement, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 21 June 1871, [2]; “Woman’s Suffrage,” Salt Lake Daily Herald, 30 June 1871, [3].
14 Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Susan B. Anthony, 1902), 124–125.
15 Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony [. . .], vol. 2 (Bowen-Merrill, 1898), 630–632; H. E. S., “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” in Allen Johnson, ed., Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 1 (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1928), 320.
16 H. E. S., “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” in Johnson, Dictionary of American Biography, 320; Anthony and Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, 4:viii, 188, 349.
17 “Women Suffragists,” Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 1895, 8; “Two Famous Women,” Salt Lake Herald, 13 May 1895, 8.
18 “The World of Women,” Salt Lake Herald, 2 Apr. 1899, 23; “Delegates to Go to London,” Salt Lake Herald, 7 June 1899, 7; Anthony and Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, 4:352–353; Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, 5:87; H. E. S., “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” in Johnson, Dictionary of American Biography, 320.
19 Carol Cornwall Madsen, Emmeline B. Wells: An Intimate History (University of Utah Press, 2017), 420, 420n5.
20 “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” 13 Mar. 1906, certificate 10978, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852–1956, New York Department of Health, New York State Death Index, ancestry.com; Morris and Morris, Encyclopedia of American History, 980.
21 “Family Record,” Susan B. Anthony Papers, 1837–1954, A/A628c, seq. 2, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Richard B. Morris and Jeffrey B. Morris, eds., Encyclopedia of American History, 7th ed. (HarperCollins Publishers, 1996), 980.
22 “Family Record,” Anthony Papers, seq. 2; George Norbury Mackenzie, ed., Colonial Families of the United States of America [. . .], vol. 2 (Seaforth Press, 1911), 18.
23 Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony [. . .], vol. 1 (Bowen-Merrill, 1899), 24.
24 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:39–44, 49, 55; Morris and Morris, Encyclopedia of American History, 980.
25 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:53.
26 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:66–68; Alice Felt Tyler, Freedom’s Ferment: Phases of American Social History to 1860 (University of Minnesota Press, 1944), 448.
27 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:137–138, 148.
28 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:186–187, 189; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1 (Fowler and Wells, 1881), 256, 619, 686–688.
29 “Universal Suffrage,” Featured Congressional Documents, The Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives, reviewed 25 July 2019, archives.gov.
30 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2 (Susan B. Anthony, 1881), 264; “The Revolution,” Revolution (New York), 8 Jan. 1868, 1.
31 “Tammany Hall and Susan B. Anthony,” Revolution, 18 June 1868, 1.
32 Harper, Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1:326–328, 327n1; Stanton, Anthony, and Gage, History of Woman Suffrage, 2:400, 400–401n†; Ida Husted Harper, ed., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 5 (National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1922), 1.
33 Susan B. Anthony, Letter to the Revolution, 5 July 1871, in “Susan B. Anthony at Salt Lake,” Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Utah Mining Gazette, 19 July 1871, [4]; Advertisement, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 21 June 1871, [2]; “Woman’s Suffrage,” Salt Lake Daily Herald, 30 June 1871, [3].
34 Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Susan B. Anthony, 1902), 124–125.
35 Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony [. . .], vol. 2 (Bowen-Merrill, 1898), 630–632; H. E. S., “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” in Allen Johnson, ed., Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 1 (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1928), 320.
36 H. E. S., “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” in Johnson, Dictionary of American Biography, 320; Anthony and Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, 4:viii, 188, 349.
37 “Women Suffragists,” Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 1895, 8; “Two Famous Women,” Salt Lake Herald, 13 May 1895, 8.
38 “The World of Women,” Salt Lake Herald, 2 Apr. 1899, 23; “Delegates to Go to London,” Salt Lake Herald, 7 June 1899, 7; Anthony and Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, 4:352–353; Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, 5:87; H. E. S., “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” in Johnson, Dictionary of American Biography, 320.
39 Carol Cornwall Madsen, Emmeline B. Wells: An Intimate History (University of Utah Press, 2017), 420, 420n5.
40 “Anthony, Susan Brownell,” 13 Mar. 1906, certificate 10978, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852–1956, New York Department of Health, New York State Death Index, ancestry.com; Morris and Morris, Encyclopedia of American History, 980.