thecivilwarparlor:Susan B. Anthony, 1856American women’s rights activist, devoted her life to ra
thecivilwarparlor: Susan B. Anthony, 1856 American women’s rights activist, devoted her life to racial, gender, and educational equality. One of the most famous women in American history, she played a prominent role in the women’s suffrage movement; the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, is named in her honor. “I never found the man who was necessary to my happiness. I was very well as I was. ~ “I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man’s housekeeper. When I was young, if a girl married poor, she became a housekeeper and a drudge. If she married wealth she became a pet and a doll. Just think, had I married at twenty, I would have been a drudge or a doll for fifty-nine years. Think of it!” -- source link