Her Actions

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Not only did Susan B. Anthony speak out on women’s issues, she established a weekly newspaper to promote awareness and provide information on women’s suffrage called Revolution, beginning in 1868. The next year she and Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). In 1872, Anthony made the news by trying to vote the presidential election. When she tried to cast a ballot, she was arrested. Anthony hoped that she would be able to fight for the right to vote in court, but she was unsuccessful. She was eventually just fiend for her revolutionary act.

            Not one to be deterred, Susan B. Anthony continued to fight for women’s suffrage. Besides giving speeches and lectures, she worked with Stanton to record the history of the suffrage movement. This resulted in the multivolume set called History of Woman Suffrage. The first volume was published in 1881. Anthony and Stanton worked on the next two volumes, and Anthony edited the fourth volume with assistance from Ida Husted Harper. The final two volumes were produced after Anthony’s death.


This document (below) is a diary entry from Susan B. Anthony from April 13th-17th, 1865. This entry records Anthony’s reaction of the assassination of President Lincoln.
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