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Rachel Foster Avery and Susan Brownell Anthony

Mary F. Seymour Publishing Co.

A studio photograph showing Susan B. Anthony alongside her protégée Rachel Foster Avery, a key organizer of the International Council of Women.

Shows Anthony with her protégée Rachel Foster Avery, highlighting her mentorship of younger organizers.

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Black and white studio portrait of two women side by side. The older woman on the left wears wire-rimmed glasses, has her hair pulled back in a bun, and looks toward the right. The younger woman on the right has dark hair piled up, wears a high lace collar with a brooch, and faces the viewer. Signature script appears in the lower right corner.
Rachel Foster Avery and Susan B. Anthony, studio photograph. Copyright Mary F. Seymour Publishing Co.

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This is a black-and-white studio portrait showing two women, Susan B. Anthony and Rachel Foster Avery, side by side. It was copyrighted by the Mary F. Seymour Publishing Co.

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Rachel Foster Avery was a close colleague of Anthony's and a key organizer of the International Council of Women. The photograph records the working partnership between an older generation of reformers and the younger women who helped carry their movement forward.

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