Follow the links to learn about each of the lesser-known siblings. Three of Susan’s siblings were buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery in Leavenworth, KS, the longtime residence of Daniel Read […]
There are several monuments to Susan B. Anthony:
In Rochester, NY (her hometown), there are statues of her and Frederick Douglass having tea in Susan B. Anthony Square Park. They were […]
Well, yes and no. She did vote in 1872, but later she was arrested for voting illegally. She never attained the legal right to vote conferred on men in the […]
Susan B. Anthony’s grave is in the Anthony plot at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY. Susan’s grave is next to her youngest sister Mary. The Anthony monument at that location […]
Her final public speech ended with the words “Failure is impossible.” She said them in Washington, D.C., at the 1906 National Woman Suffrage Association, a month before she died. Susan […]
Anthony died at the age of 86 at her home in Rochester, NY. Several years earlier, she suffered a stroke. Towards the end of her life, she also experienced painful […]
No, Susan B. Anthony never married. She remained single all her life. She received two or three proposals of marriage but declined, saying that she didn’t want to spend the […]
A prominent citizen of Leavenworth, KS, Daniel Read (D.R.) Anthony (1824-1904) was a fervent abolitionist who violently freed many African-Americans from slavery. After Abraham Lincoln took office, D.R. joined 115 other […]
Two of her sisters—Hannah and Guelma—married and eventually moved to Rochester, NY. Her sister Mary never married; she became a teacher and eventually gained the distinction of being the first […]
All of Susan’s siblings—two brothers and three sisters—resisted slavery and supported women’s rights. Her brothers Daniel and Merritt fought with the Union Army in the Civil War. Her sisters Guelma, […]