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Letter from Susan B. Anthony to Rachel Foster Avery, Washington, D.C., January 12, 1889.

Anthony describes her arrival in Washington D.C. and the debate, presumably surrounding the merging of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the…

VOTERS are mostly men. Do you know why men are voters?

ONLY three reasons have been given why men should have the vote:

TAXATION without representation is tyranny; MEN are taxed. "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the…

Vote for the Woman Suffrage Amendment, November 6, 1917.

Susan B. Anthony Memorial Association: Minutes, printed material, solicitation book related to raising money to erect Anthony Hall on the University of Rochester Prince Street campus.

Susan B. Anthony $1 coins were minted from 1979-1981, and again from 1999-2000. The coin was originally designed with an allegorical image of Lady Liberty, but Congress, the League of Women Voters, the National Organization for Women, and the…

Photograph of Nellie L. McElroy, left, and other unknown women. McElroy, Rochester's first policewoman, was active in a variety of local social welfare and reform efforts. Here she is selling surplus Army ham, 1919.

The New York State Woman Suffrage Association held its 37th annual state convention in Rochester in 1905 and honored Susan B. Anthony throughout the week. The official badge featured her picture and favorite quotation: "Perfect Equality of Rights for…

Photograph of a pro-suffrage tent with unknown suffragists standing in front. Tent sign reads: I shall vote for the woman suffrage amendment, Gov. Chase S. Whitman. Mayor of Rochester, NY, Hiram Edgerton stands next to the tent.

Yellow pennant (banner) with yellow lettering against a black background. Pennant reads: Votes For Women.