Produced by Mark C. Orton, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the copyright on this publication was renewed. Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies. Text that has been changed to correct an obvious error is noted at the end of this ebook. SUSAN B. ANTHONY REBEL, CRUSADER, HUMANITARIAN BY ALMA LUTZ ZENGER PUBLISHING CO. INC. BOX 9883, WASHINGTON DC 20015 [Illustration: Susan B. Anthony] Alma Lutz was born and brought up in North Dakota, graduated from the Emma Willard School and Vassar College, and attended the Boston University School of Business Administration. She has written numerous articles and pamphlets and for many years has been a contributor to _The Christian Science Monitor_. Active in organizations working for the political, civil, and economic rights of women, she has also been interested in preserving the records of women's role in history and serves on the Advisory Board of the Radcliffe Women's Archives. Miss Lutz is the author of _Emma Willard, Daughter of Democracy_ (1929), _Created Equal, A Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton_ (1940), _Challenging Years, The Memoirs of Harriot Stanton Blatch_, with Harriot Stanton Blatch (1940), and the editor of _With Love Jane, Letters from American Women on the War Fronts_ (1945). (C) 1959 by Alma Lutz Member of the Authors League of America Published by arrangement with Beacon Press All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lutz, Alma. Susan B. Anthony: rebel, crusader, humanitarian. Reprint of the ed. published by Beacon Press, Boston. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Anthony, Susan Brownell, 1820-1906. [JK1899.A6L8 1975] 324'.3'0924 [B] 75-37764 ISBN 0-89201-017-7 Printed in the United States of America _To the young women of today_ PREFACE To strive for liberty and for a democratic way of life has always been a noble tradition of our country. Susan B. Anthony followed this tradition. Convinced that the principle of equal rights for all, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, must be expressed in the laws of a true republic, she devoted her life to the establishment of this ideal. Because she recognized in Negro slavery and in the legal bondage of women flagrant violations of this principle, she became an active, courageous, effective antislavery crusader and a champion of civil and political rights for women. She saw women's struggle for freedom from legal restrictions as an important phase in the development of American democracy. To her this struggle was never a battle of the sexes, but a battle such as any freedom-loving people would wage for civil and political rights.