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Those of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making. . .

Susan B. Anthony

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Susan B. Anthony
Age: 86 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 15
Died: 1906
Died: March 13
Abolitionist
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Suffragist
Adams
Massachusetts
Susan Brownell
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The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.
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