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Signature of Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

Anthony's personal autograph, which she often paired with mottos like 'Failure is impossible' on suffrage documents.

This is Anthony's own handwritten signature, a direct trace of her personal mark on suffrage documents.

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Black handwritten cursive signature on a white background reading "Susan B. Anthony", with flowing loops and a long underline stroke extending under the final name.
Signature of Susan B. Anthony.

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What it is

This is a digital reproduction of Susan B. Anthony's signature, a flowing cursive autograph preserved as an image file.

Why it matters

Anthony signed countless letters, checks, and petitions over her decades of activism, often adding mottos such as 'Failure is impossible' or 'Equal rights.' A signature like this is a small but direct physical trace of a historical figure's own hand.

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  • How might Anthony's signature have changed over her long career?

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Susan B. Anthony's Petition for Remission of Fine

Susan B. Anthony · 1874

Scan of a printed and handwritten petition titled 'A Petition for Universal Suffrage,' addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives. Below the text is a two-column list of handwritten signatures under 'Names' and 'Residence,' including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, with places such as New York, Rochester, and Brooklyn.Document

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Petition for Universal Suffrage, circa 1865

Susan B. Anthony and others · circa 1865

Scan of the front page of the first issue of The Revolution, dated New York, Wednesday, January 8, 1868. Masthead reads 'The Revolution' with the motto 'Principle, not policy; justice, not favors.' Three columns of small print include editorials on Kansas woman suffrage and a statement of editors Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Parker Pillsbury and Susan B. Anthony. A round Library of Congress stamp appears at upper right.Newspaper article

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The Revolution

Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1868

Dark, nearly black book cover with faint embossed decorative ornament in the center and a white library barcode label on the upper left reading 3 1761 04261 4271 printed vertically.Book

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History of Woman Suffrage

Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1881-1922

Black-and-white studio portrait of two elderly women. A seated woman with curly white hair, wearing a light lace-edged shawl and patterned dress, looks down at papers. A standing woman with white hair in a bun and wire-rimmed glasses, wearing a dark dress with ruffled bodice, holds the papers and looks down at them. Plain grey backdrop.Photograph

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

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