SOURCE: "Susan B. Anthony, Reformer and Speaker," in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Vol. XXX, No. 1, February, 1944, pp. 173-80.

In the following essay, McDavitt considers major events of Anthony's career as a reformer, including her public speaking and media reaction to her.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, enacted in August, 1920, reads as follows:

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

It seems ironical that this act, realizing the hopes and dreams of Susan B. Anthony,¹ who had dedicated over fifty years to the emancipation and enfranchisement of women, was not passed until fourteen years after her death.

Like many another great reformer in history, Susan B. Anthony did not live to see the fruition of her work, but she did achieve recognition during her lifetime as...