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Women's rights activist

Susan B. Anthony was a prominent American women's rights activist, born on February 15, 1820, and died on March 13, 1906. She dedicated herself to the fight for women's suffrage and left a profound mark on American history.

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Famous Susan B. Anthony Quotes

“I tell them I have worked 40 years to make the W.S. platform broad enough for Atheists and Agnostics to stand upon, and now if need be I will fight the next 40 to keep it Catholic enough to permit the straightest Orthodox religionist to speak or pray and count her beads upon. (on women's suffrage)”

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“Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.”

Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words

“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.”

Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words

“There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.”

Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words

“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”

“I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.”

“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.”

“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”