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| Title | Broadside-Herizons Coalition, February 1981 |
| Publisher | National Organization for Women, Houston Chapter; Coalition of Greater Houston National Organization for Women Chapters |
| Date | February 1981 |
| Description | Broadside, Vol. 12, No. 2; Herizons, Vol. 6, No. 2 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | HQ1439 .H68 B75 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b3767173~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/feminist |
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| Transcript | BROADSIDE HOUSTON AREA NOW BROADSIDE—-Vol. 12, No. 2 February, 1°81 ****** HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN B. ANTHONY ******* On February 15, 1820, Susan Brownell Anthony was brought into the world and raised within the strict confines of the Quaker religion. She became a schoolteacher p.nd through her involvement in the temperance movement discovered it was unacceptable for women to speak publicly. With the encouragement of other women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Lucy Stone, Susan felt compelled to devote her life to women's rights after being confronted with such blatant discrimination. Susan spoke out against slavery- in 1856 during the Abolitionist Movement. She also cried out for a woman's right to vote and formed the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1868 to further that cmise. She and 15 other women registered and voted in Rochester, New York in 1872 using their interpretation of the fourteenth amendment as support for their action. Only Susan,' was tried, and the judge insisted the verdict be guilty. She refused to pay the $100 fine stating she had incurred a $10,000 debt over the past 4 years from the publication of her paper the Revolution, the purpose of which was to educate and organize women against the injustices of current laws. "I shall work on to pay every\dollar of that /honest debt, but not a penney will go to this unjust claim." She lost her chance to appeall to the Supreme Court due to continued, next COALITION OF GREATER HOUSTON NOW CHAPTERS HERIZONS—Vol. 6, No. February, 1981 |