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ANTHONY, SUSAN B. (1820-1906). American reformer. SP. (“Susan B. Anthony”). 1p. Cabinet card. N.p., 1886. A profile bust photograph by Albany’s Veeder photographic studio of the celebrated suffragette, wearing glasses, a high collar and brooch.

A leader in the temperance movement and the fight to abolish slavery, Susan B. Anthony is best remembered for her support of women’s rights. As a founding member of the National Woman Suffrage Association, she worked unceasingly to gain the same rights and privileges for women as those enjoyed by men. In 1872, she and fifteen other women registered and voted in the Rochester, New York November elections. Arrested two weeks later for illegally voting in a federal election, Anthony was tried and convicted, but despite her refusal to pay a $100 fine, further litigation was not pursued, effectively denying her adjudication in the higher courts. She continued her work as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1892 to 1900 and advocated the right to vote at every Congress from 1896 until 1906, the year of her death. Her efforts finally bore fruit in 1920 when the 19^th Amendment granted women the right to vote.

Formerly in the collection of Ednah Stantial, the National Woman Suffrage Association’s official archivist. Stantial was the literary executor of Lucy Stone Blackwell (the orator who inspired Anthony’s work for women’s rights) and a close associate of Maude Wood Park.

On the photograph’s mount, Anthony has added the current year and also inscribed her birthday, “1820–Feb. 15,” as was her custom. Matted, framed (unexamined out of frame) and in excellent condition. Uncommon.

Item #17424

Price: $2,500