{"id":47947,"date":"2019-02-12T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T19:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=47947"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:50:31","slug":"womens-suffrage-centennial-quotes-can-you-guess-who-said-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/womens-suffrage-centennial-quotes-can-you-guess-who-said-them.html","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Suffrage Centennial Quotes \u2013 Can You Guess Who Said Them?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/em><\/strong>: In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find quotes from some of the suffragettes who worked so hard to get women the vote. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.<\/em><\/p>\n

With the upcoming 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment next summer, I\u2019ve started looking into quotes from those brave women whose passion gave us our voice \u2013 i.e., the right for women to vote.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) with Susan B. Anthony (standing), c. 1900. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What better place to explore this memorable movement than within the archives of historical newspapers! Here are a few quotes I found in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> that resonated with me.<\/p>\n

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#1 Harriet Tubman<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Freeman (Indianapolis, Indiana), 30 September 1911, page 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

#2<\/strong> Alice Stone Blackwell<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California), 9 August 1913, page 17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

#3 Emmeline Pankhurst<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Diamond Drill (Crystal Falls, Michigan), 23 October 1909, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

#4 Anna Shaw<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Aberdeen American (Aberdeen, South Dakota), 29 October 1910, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

#5 Susan B. Anthony<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California), 21 July 1883, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

#6 Susan B. Anthony<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Bay City Daily Tribune (Bay City, Michigan), 16 November 1905, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

#7 Susan B. Anthony, speaking of Elizabeth Cady Stanton<\/strong><\/p>\n

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St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, Missouri), 2 November 1902, page 25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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