Dates
- Creation: 1853-1958
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. The majority of the collection is available only through microfilm or digital surrogates of the original materials. The following materials are available without restriction: #1-103a, 644-647, 650-6521030-1035, 1041-1047, 1049-1051, 1055-1056, 1059-1068, 1084-1091, 1093-1102, 1107-1109.
Extent
35.46 linear feet (85 file boxes) plus 7 oversize volumes, 39 framed items, 1 folio+ folder, 1 folio folder, 4 reels of microfilm (M-91, M-93, M-108)Biographical / Historical
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) - reformer. She was a leading figure in the temperance, abolition and woman suffrage movements. She helped organize the Woman's State Temperance Society of New York. A radical abolitionist, she was one of the first to advocate Negro suffrage after the Civil War. She helped found, and became the chairman of the executive committee of the National Woman Suffrage Association. In 1890, along with the American Woman Suffrage Association which had been the outgrowth of a division in sentiment within the NWSA, the NWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association with Miss Anthony as its vice president at large. In 1890 she was elected president, serving until 1900.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
General note
See WRC - P34 for portrait.
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.