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The Paul Revere of Kansas
The Paul Revere of Kansas rode 30 miles in a snowstorm to deliver important news

Published On: January 31, 2023Categories: American History, Contemporaries of the Anthonys, Daniel Read Anthony, The Anthony FamilyTags: contemporaries of the Anthonys, Daniel Read Anthony, Kansas, newspaper publishing
Famous Black Woman Spurned by Racist
Susan B. Anthony Champions Ida B. Wells In 1895, Susan B. Anthony went out for the day instructing her (white) stenographer to help her guest, journalist Ida B. Wells, to [...]

Published On: March 22, 2022Categories: Black HistoryTags: Ida B. Wells Barnett, newspaper publishing, women's rights
When Free Speech isn’t Free
It almost cost Frederick Douglass his home to publish his newspaper in the Talman Building in Rochester, pictured here; and Harriet Jacobs, an author who operated a reading room with [...]

Published On: February 23, 2017Categories: Black History, Contemporaries of the AnthonysTags: Frederick Douglass, newspaper publishing, Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony and the American press
Susan B. Anthony knew how to play the American press to her advantage, but speaking and writing were not always her strong suit.

Published On: January 10, 2017Categories: Susan B. AnthonyTags: abolition, Daniel Read Anthony, newspaper publishing, Susan B. Anthony, women's rights
D.R.’s Pugnacious Temperament
I love the term “pugnacious,” which describes someone just itching for a fight. That seems a fair representation of Daniel Read Anthony of Leavenworth, who was descended from the same stock [...]

Published On: December 30, 2016Categories: The Anthony FamilyTags: abolition, Civil War, Daniel Read Anthony, family bonds, jayhawker, Kansas, newspaper publishing

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The Paul Revere of Kansas

Famous Black Woman Spurned by Racist

When Free Speech isn’t Free

Susan B. Anthony and the American press

D.R.’s Pugnacious Temperament