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Susan B. Anthony.

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Day
8
Month
March
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Snsau B. Anthony celebrated her seyBBty-flrat birthday on Friday. For over three years, sinee it was planned and given to her by some of her suffrage admirers and friends, "Aunt" Snsan has isad her own home in Roobester. It is a pretty little uook, delightfully cozy and ■qnaint, and is a source of great pleasnre to this mnch traveled woman. Latterly Miss Anthony has changed er anstere ideas about dress. She delights in rich, becoming raiment and is a picture in her silks and laces. She iikes to have all her fellow workers aqnally fastidious and oriticises radical attempts at "reform" dressing in their public meetings. It may be added that Miss Anthony confidently expects to Tote before she dies. Miss Anthony has been identified with the suffrage and temperance movements for nearly 50 years. She first spoke in public iu 184?, and froin that time took a prominent part in organiziug societies and in expounding from the platform her views upon the subjects to whicb sbe has devoted her life. In 1851 she palled a temperance couvention in Al liany after being refused admission to a previous convention on account of her ex. In 1852 the Woman's New York State Temperance society was organized. Through her exertions and tnose of Mrs. E. U. Stanton womeu carne to be admitted to educational and other conventions, with the right to speak, vote and serve on committees. In 1858 she made a report in a teachers' oonvention at Troy in favor of the coetlucation of thesexes. In 1854-5 she held conventions in eaoh oounty in New York state in the cause of female suffrage, and since then she has annually nddressed appeals and petitions to the legislatura.

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