American Women Visionaries
May 2 Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
Women’s rights activist, suffragist, her work led the way for the 19th Amendment, allowing women the right to vote.
“Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.”
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May 9 Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)
Freedom activist, abolitionist, scout, spy, nurse, estimated to have led 70 enslaved peoples to freedom, never once losing a soul.
“I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.”
May 16 Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)
Poet, lyricist, mission worker, known for her work creating over 9,000 hymns.
“Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don’t. To weep and sigh, because I’m blind? I cannot and I won’t.”
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