Autumn 2020 Catalogue

29 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 The Life And Work Of Susan B. Anthony , Twice Inscribed By Susan B. Anthony To Her “Coworker” And Fellow Suffragette 26. (ANTHONY, Susan B.) HARPER, Ida Husted. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony. Indianapolis and Kansas City, 1899, 1898. Two volumes. Octavo, modern full brown morocco. $16,500. Click for more info First edition of the first two volumes of this biography of America’s pioneering reformer—the only volumes published during her lifetime, inscribed in Volume I: “Mrs. Olivia B. Hall, Ann Arbor— Michigan—From her affectionate friend & coworker Susan B. Anthony. Rochester, N.Y. Jan. 1, 1899,” and in Volume II: “Mrs. Olivia B. Hall, Ann Arbor—Michigan—May the New Year bring added causes for happiness to her and all the loved ones of her home circle & to all homes—is the wish of her affectionate friend and coworker, Susan B. Anthony. Rochester, N.Y. Jan. 1, 1899.” At her death in Rochester, New York in 1906, Susan B. Anthony, who “came to personify the demand for woman suffrage to most Americans… left an enormous legacy… Her image, words and standards of work permeated the struggle for what women called the ‘Susan B. Anthony amendment’… Another legacy lasted still longer; Anthony made certain that the movement’s history survived. In 1897 she brought Ida Husted Harper to live with her in Rochester to prepare two volumes of the Life andWork of Susan B. Anthony , based onmassive archives” (ANB). Anthony and Harper closely collaborated on the first two volumes, the only volumes of the biography published in Anthony’s lifetime. A later volume—not included in this set—was added by Harper after Anthony’s death. Recipient Olivia Bigelow Hall (1822-1908), a noted suffragette from Ann Arbor, Michigan, hosted Anthony on many occasions and is mentioned numerous times in the text. Fine condition. A desirable inscribed copy.