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Susan B. Anthony

1820 - 1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activities, primarily in the field of women's rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susan B. Anthony is the 127th most popular social activist (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,299th most popular biography from United States (down from 862nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Social Activist.

Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Susan B. Anthony ranks 127 out of 840. Before her are Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, René Cassin, Catharine MacKinnon, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and William Luther Pierce. After her are Georgy Gapon, Kang Pan-sok, Alexander Parvus, Steve Biko, Vasil Levski, and Bugsy Siegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Susan B. Anthony ranks 15. Before her are Henri, Count of Chambord, Edmond Becquerel, Henri Vieuxtemps, Multatuli, Jenny Lind, and Alexandru Ioan Cuza. After her are Lewis A. Swift, Heungseon Daewongun, Božena Němcová, John Tyndall, Mathilde Bonaparte, and John Tenniel. Among people deceased in 1906, Susan B. Anthony ranks 11. Before her are Ludwig Boltzmann, Élie Ducommun, Archduke Otto of Austria, Raja Ravi Varma, Samuel Pierpont Langley, and Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann. After her are Georgy Gapon, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Anton Arensky, Alexander Kielland, Bartolomé Mitre, and Eugène Carrière.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan B. Anthony ranks 1,299 out of 20,380. Before her are Howard Martin Temin (1934), William Fichtner (1956), Joshua Lederberg (1925), Joseph Campbell (1904), John Reed (1887), and John Jacob Astor IV (1864). After her are Henry Norris Russell (1877), Sam Anderson (1945), David Gross (1941), Don Siegel (1912), Susan Wojcicki (1968), and Jonas Salk (1914).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Susan B. Anthony ranks 19. Before her are Jane Addams (1860), Lee Radziwill (1933), John Brown (1800), Betty Ford (1918), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), and William Luther Pierce (1933). After her are Bugsy Siegel (1906), Cesar Chavez (1927), George Stinney (1929), Frances Willard (1839), David Lane (1938), and Frederick Douglass (1818).

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