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Susan B. Anthony Diary Entry, January 1, 1872

Susan B. Anthony · 1 January 1872

Anthony's own diary entry recording a year of relentless suffrage campaigning and a key meeting with Senator-elect Aaron Sargent.

Anthony wrote this diary entry herself, documenting her own suffrage travels and a pivotal political meeting.

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Handwritten diary page dated Jan 1st, 1872, in cursive ink on lined paper, describing travel from Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, lectures, and meeting Senator-elect Sargent.
Susan B. Anthony, diary entry, 1 January 1872. Library of Congress.

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What it is

This is a handwritten diary page written by Susan B. Anthony on January 1, 1872. In it, she records traveling 13,000 miles and speaking at 170 meetings over the previous year. She also notes meeting Senator-elect Aaron A. Sargent and his wife Ellen Clark Sargent.

Why it matters

This diary entry shows the scale and intensity of Anthony's suffrage campaigning. The meeting she describes mattered: Sargent later introduced what would become the Nineteenth Amendment, and Ellen Clark Sargent later became treasurer of the National Woman Suffrage Association. The entry links Anthony's personal effort directly to future political change.

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  • What does the amount of travel and speaking tell you about Anthony's daily life as an activist?
  • Why might meeting the Sargents have seemed important enough to record?
  • What does a diary entry reveal that a public speech or letter might not?

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