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Susan B. Anthony embodied persistence, working with Stanton, Gage and others for nearly 50 years, tirelessly criss-crossing America by train, championing equal pay, divorce reform, educational opportunity and the vote.
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A Drudge or a Doll
“I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man’s housekeeper. When I was young, if a girl married poor, she became a housekeeper and a drudge. If she married wealthy, she became a pet and a doll. Just think, had I had married at 20, I would have been a drudge or a doll for 55 years. Think of it.”
Susan always wore black in photos so she would be taken seriously. But check out this silk purse she owned -- the "female George Washington" had some style!
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What keeps us going?
I'm so interested in what kept Susan B. (and what keeps all of us in social justice work, or in motherhood, or in any difficult endeavor) going, through all the hard days and disappointment? How did…Continue
Started by Louise Vance Jul 18, 2010.
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You can help bring Seneca Falls into more hearts and minds on PBS!
Call your local PBS station this week to see if they plan to air Seneca Falls. Last year, 110 stations broadcast the film.
To find your station(s), type your zip code into this PBS Station Finder. With lots of enthusiasm, send them to our site to view the trailer and see the 2010 PBS broadcast schedule. And tell them you will promote the film among your networks.
Stations can contact louise@senecafallsfilm.org with any needs, and if you find out a broadcast date, please let us know!
California to mandate teaching women's history?
In Seneca Falls,17-year-old Annie tells us, "knowing your history gives you courage." Yet the majority of schools in the U.S. still don't teach about the women's rights movement that began there.
But good news! At our suggestion, the California Women Suffrage Centennial Committee is seeking a legislator to sponsor a bill requiring teaching women's history in the state's schools. If they succeed, California will join Illinois, Florida, and Louisiana – states that have passed laws requiring teaching women’s history in K–12 classrooms.
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