Susan B. Anthony (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Noble
- First Published: 1975
- Time of Work: 1820–1906
- Setting: Adams, Massachusetts; New York State; and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Social reform, Abolitionists, Human rights, Women’s issues, Single people, Suffrage or voting rights, Women’s rights, Biography
- Locales: New York, Washington, D.C., Adams, MA
Form and Content
Iris Noble’s Susan B. Anthony chronicles the fascinating historical battles fought by Anthony, a nineteenth century human rights advocate. She was perhaps the first “liberated” woman and women’s rights activist, but she fought for all oppressed people, including African Americans. Nevertheless, it was her campaign for women’s suffrage that earned for her an important place in American history.
Noble explains how Anthony’s Quaker parents reared her to believe that women were entitled to the same rights and privileges as men. Thus, her...
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