Susan B. Anthony speech published in The Lily, 1852

1852-07

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English

Seneca Falls (N.Y.)

Speeches; Conference materials

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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On June 17, 1852 the New York State Temperance Society met in Syracuse for its annual convention. Susan B. Anthony, Gerrit Smith, and Amelia Bloomer were delegates appointed to the convention by the Woman's State Temperance Society, which Anthony had founded the previous April. Because the convention refused to accept the credentials of the women delegates or allow them to speak, the women and their supporters adjourned to the Wesleyan Chapel where they held their own meeting. Anthony delivered a speech, which was published in the July, 1852 issue of the Lily. It is one of her earliest addresses. From the collection of the Susan B. Anthony House.

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 and Lily (Seneca Falls, N.Y.), “Susan B. Anthony speech published in The Lily, 1852,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed April 16, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/545.