Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony.

HARPER, Ida Husted [Susan B. Anthony].

Item Number: 110176

Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1898-99.

First editions of Anthony’s classic biography, both volumes inscribed by her in the year of publication. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt medallion to the front panels of both volumes, frontispiece to each volume. Association copies, volume one is lengthily inscribed by Susan B. Anthony on the front free endpaper as follows in the year of publication, “Mrs. Mary Thayer Sanford Rochester, N.Y. With Christmas greetings From her ever grateful and sincerely friends and coworkers Susan B. Anthony, Rochester N.Y., Dec 25, 1898.” Additionally signed by her sister, Mary S. Anthony. Volume two is inscribed as follows, “To Dr and Mrs Sanford and their Madeline With Christmas greetings from their affectionate friends Susan B. Anthony Dec. 25, 1898 Rochester, N.Y.” Additionally signed by Mary S. Anthony below. Anthony has marked each volume as, “No 562 and 563” respectively. The recipient was fellow suffragette Mary Thayer Sanford. She was elected Secretary of The Woman Suffragists of New York in 1896 and served as a delegate from New York to the conventions of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional association, most rare and desirable.

Susan B. Anthony was a social reformer known for her work in women's rights and anti-slavery campaigns. She was an integral part of a number of organizations, such as the Women's Loyal National League, the American Equal Rights Association, and the National Woman Suffrage Association, which later became the National American Woman Suffrage Association (and later the League of Women's Voters). She also worked internationally and played an integral part in the creation of the International Council of Women. Although she never saw in her lifetime many of the fruits of her labors, the Nineteenth Amendment, which was passed in 1920 and gave women the right to vote, was known to many as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment.