Introduction to the History of Women's Suffrage

Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) was a writer and activist who was pivotal in the women's suffrage movement in America, best remembered today for the six-volume encyclopaedia series she produced in collaboration with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage and Ida Husted Harper, History of Woman Suffrage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) was a writer and activist who was pivotal in the women’s suffrage movement in America. She is best remembered today for the six-volume encyclopaedia series she produced in collaboration with Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage and Ida Husted Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, which chronicles the history of women’s suffrage in the United States. Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–98) was a writer and activist who was pivotal in the women’s suffrage movement in America. She is best remembered today for the six-volume encyclopaedia series she produced in collaboration with Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Ida Husted Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, which chronicles the history of women’s suffrage in the United States.Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929) was an English writer and activist who was pivotal in the women’s suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, leading the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) for over twenty years. As a writer, she left behind many works and articles, including a piece on ‘The Progress of the Women’s Movement in the United Kingdom, 1900–20’ in Volume IV of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage and Ida Husted Harper’s History of Woman Suffrage.Ida Husted Harper (1851–1931) was a writer and activist who was pivotal in the women’s suffrage movement in America. She is best remembered today for taking up the editorship of volume four of the six-volume encyclopaedia series produced by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage, History of Woman Suffrage, which chronicles the history of women’s suffrage in the United States and United Kingdom.

On the History of Woman Suffrage: 'An indispensable source.' (Lisa Tetrault) 'There is nothing in the annals of American reform quite like History of Woman Suffrage.' (Ellen Carol DuBois)

• Note from the Publisher, Preface, An Introduction to Women's Suffrage, Preceding Causes, Appendix I: On Margaret Fuller, Progress of the Women's Movement in the United Kingdom 1900–20, Appendix II: Nebraska Men's Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, Note on the Text, Notes, Index