Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) – Abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, suffragist, campaigner for women’s rights (and New Englander) Susan B. Anthony traveled throughout the country to advocate for her causes. Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and began planning a Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States in 1875. The women intended to read the declaration at the centennial celebration at Independence Hall on July 4, 1876, but were denied permission. Instead, they bought tickets to the event and, after a celebratory reading of the Declaration of Independence, began distributing their own declaration to the audience while Anthony approached the stage and presented it to the presiding officer of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.