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I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.

Susan B. Anthony

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Susan B. Anthony
Age: 86 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 15
Died: 1906
Died: March 13
Abolitionist
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Human Rights Activist
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Massachusetts
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I can not imagine a God ... made happy by my getting down on my knees and calling him 'great'.
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