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Woman’s History Month: The Woman Who Risked Everything for Freedom
Welcome to Women’s History Month. Two decades before Susan B. Anthony took up the cause of women’s rights, Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was already writing courage into history. Though not [...]

Published On: March 4, 2026Categories: American History, Contemporaries of the Anthonys, Victorian Life, Women's SuffrageTags: abolition, antislavery, contemporaries of the Anthonys, equality, Lydia Maria Child, Native American rights history, Susan B. Anthony, Women of Courage, women's rights
Harriet Hosmer, Daniel Read Anthony, and Susan B. Anthony: Art, Friendship, and Woman Suffrage
Please read to the end for a special invitation to an upcoming appearance! Before Kansas newspaperman Daniel Read Anthony ever married Anna Eliza Osborn of Martha’s Vineyard, he crossed paths [...]

Published On: February 4, 2026Categories: American History, Contemporaries of the Anthonys, Susan B. Anthony, Women's SuffrageTags: contemporaries of the Anthonys, Daniel Read Anthony, equality, Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, Susan B. Anthony, woman suffrage, women's rights
From Quaker Roots to Guerrilla Warrior: D.R. Anthony’s Early Crusade for Freedom
Several years before the Civil War, Daniel Read (D.R.) Anthony—a fiery Quaker from upstate New York and brother to Susan B. Anthony—was already fighting for freedom on the Kansas-Missouri border. [...]

Published On: November 7, 2025Categories: American History, Bleeding Kansas, Books by Jeanne Gehret, Contemporaries of the Anthonys, The Anthony FamilyTags: abolition, antislavery, Bleeding Kansas, contemporaries of the Anthonys, Daniel Read Anthony, equality, historical fiction, Kansas, Quaker abolitionists, Secrets to the Wind
What Would Susan B. Anthony Say About Women’s Equality Today?
As fireworks light up the sky and flags ripple in the breeze this July 4th, Americans celebrate independence—the hard-won freedom to shape our own destinies. But amid the picnics [...]

Published On: July 4, 2025Categories: Books by Jeanne Gehret, Susan B. Anthony, Women's SuffrageTags: books about Susan B. Anthony, Dauntless series, equality, Secrets to the Wind, Susan B. Anthony, the life of Susan B. Anthony