The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2)

Campaign planning, letters and public meetings fill the second volume of Ida Husted Harper's account of Susan B. Anthony. Its opening contents follow suffrage work from the early 1880s into the 1890s, with chapters on political conventions, congressional hearings and campaigns in several states. Anthony's European letters appear beside the work of recording the movement's history, giving this biography room for both public arguments and personal correspondence.

The California passage shows Anthony arriving among fellow organizers and directing campaign work from the Sargent home. Reports of her visits describe women returning to active support, while a letter about her stamina links her demanding schedule to a lifelong attachment to work. Other chapters address her home in Rochester and the practical business of raising funds and gathering signatures. Readers studying how a reform movement operated will find speeches and letters alongside the daily effort of keeping people involved and persuading political parties to listen.