“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball — the further I am rolled the more I gain.” -Susan B. Anthony, 1896
Susan B. Anthony
“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball — the further I am rolled the more I gain.” -Susan B. Anthony, February 2, 1896
Susan B. Anthony was almost 76 when she gave this interview with reporter Nellie Bly, and she was plenty busy, she had just given the keynote at a convention in Philadelphia. Happy birthday, Susan, born February 15, 1820.
Susan B. Anthony is one of the suffragists featured in the first Ask a Suffragist book, Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists, launching in Spring 2019.
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