The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many from Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years - A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women, Including the Triumphs of Her Last Years, Account of Her Death and Funeral and Comments of the Press, in Three Volumes

North Stratford, NH: Ayer Company Publishing, Inc, 1998. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x9. A couple tiny cosmetic blemishes to exterior, otherwise an excellent set. Bindings tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1998 Hard Cover. 1998 reissue of 1898 original, reproduced in facsimile from a copy in the Columbia University Libraries. Complete three volume set. xxiv, 513, [1]; xi, [2], 515-1070; xvii, [1], 1111-1633, [1] pp. 8vo. A biography of the important advocate for women's suffrage, with transcripts of speeches and correspondence. Illustrated with portraits, pictures of homes, etc. Susan B. Anthony collaborated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in efforts to abolish slavery and secure equal rights for women. Anthony's arrest in 1872 for violation of voting laws was an important event in the push for suffrage, though it would still take almost fifty more years before the passage of the nineteenth amendment in 1920. She is considered a very important figure in the history of Rochester, New York, where she spent much of her life. She is buried there at Mount Hope Cemetery, and each year advocates for equal rights visit her grave to honor her advocacy and activism.