Annotated Bibliography Of Susan B Anthony

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“To think I have had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and then to die without it seems so cruel.” (Susan B. Anthony) Susan B. Anthony was a prominent women’s rights activist and a social reformer. She dedicated her life to spread awareness of the danger and unfairness of social inequalities and slavery. She helped creating or advocating many US and International organizations. She lobbied the creation of laws to protect the rights of citizens regardless of their ethnicity or gender. She was "one of the most loved and hated women in the country. "Her opponents often described her as "nsexed, an unnatural creature that did not function as a true woman, one who devoted her life to a husband” (Barry). She passed away …show more content…

There is so much yet to be done.” (Susan B. Anthony) Annotated Bibliography Barry, Kathleen, Ph.D. “Susan B. Anthony: A Biography of a Singular Feminist”. New York: New York University Press, 1988. Barry offers this biography of perhaps the most unconventional woman of her century. By drawing upon letters, diaries, and other documents, she integrates Anthony's personal story into the political, economic, and cultural milieu of 19th century. I used this book as a main source for my biography. I used many passages reciting Susan B. Anthony life legacy advocating against slavery and inequality. Gordon, Ann D. “The Trial of Susan B. Anthony”. Federal Judicial Center, Federal Judicial History Office, 2005. This is a historical research made by Ann Dexter Gordon, a research professor at the department of history at Rutgers University. It was part of the Federal Trials and Great Debates in United States History project. I used the information from this research paper to help me study the most important historical event in Susan B. Anthony life: her trial on the charge of illegal voting in the 1872 congressional and presidential

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