Susan B. Anthony Family Blog

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Recycling Family Names

Nowadays expectant parents may give their babies names based on seasons, astrological signs, place names, or popular celebrities. Or they may create new names

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Two large and numerous small ships foundering in a choppy sea off the coast of Martha's Vineyard
Victorian

Shipwrecked!

Storms off Martha’s Vineyard can get fierce with 35- to 40-knot winds and 20- to 25-foot seas. Read on for contemporary and historical accounts of

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The Anthony Family

Staking a Claim in Kansas

In my last post I referred to men from the Emigrant Aid Company staking claims on land via the Law of Preemption. John Doy, one

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The Anthony Family

Pioneer in Kansas

Of Susan B. Anthony’s two brothers who emigrated to Kansas, Daniel Read (D.R.) was the more colorful. Abolitionist, Republican, publisher, mayor, postmaster, and gunslinger, he

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Tombstones: Susan B. Anthony, Mary S. Anthony, Madge; also larger Anthony monument
The Life of Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony at Mt. Hope Cemetery

Election Day 2016: Thousands experienced the beauty and peace of Mt. Hope Cemetery yesterday when they gathered at the grave of Susan B. Anthony in

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Women's Suffrage

Remember to vote tomorrow!

Whatever your gender or ethnic group, put yourself in the shoes of the speaker and exercise your constitutional right. Our foremothers and forefathers went to

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Women's Suffrage

Voting This Year?

  If you are one of the millions of Americans who has decided not to vote this year, please think again. Being an admirer of

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