VOL. I.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, at the age of 76
"THE OLD HIVE," birthplace of father
of SUSAN B. ANTHONY
HOME OF LUCY READ, mother of SUSAN B. ANTHONY
WEST END OF KITCHEN IN OLD HOMESTEAD
BIRTHPLACE OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY
TEMPORARY HOME AT BATTENVILLE, N.Y.
THE BATTENVILLE HOME
HOME AT CENTER FALLS, N. Y.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 28
AUNT HANNAH, the Quaker preacher
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 32
HUMPHREY ANTHONY at the age of 95
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 36
THE FARM-HOME NEAR ROCHESTER
ERNESTINE L. ROSE
FATHER AND MOTHER OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY
LUCRETIA MOTT
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 48
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 50,
from photograph by Sarony
ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER
DR. CLEMENCE S. LOZIER
VIRGINIA L. MINOR
JANE H. SPOFFORD
CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY, HOME AND CHILDHOOD.
1550-1826.
Among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts is a very beautiful place in
which to be born. It is famed in song and story for the loveliness of
its scenery and the purity of its air. It has no lofty peaks, no great
canyons, no mighty rivers, but it is diversified in the most
picturesque manner by the long line of Green Mountains, whose lower
ranges bear the musical name of "Berkshire Hills;" by rushing streams
tumbling through rocky gorges and making up in impetuosity what they
lack in size; by noble forests, gently undulating meadows, quaint
farmhouses, old bridges and bits of roadway which are a never-ending
delight to the artist. Writers, too, have found inspiration here and
many exquisite descriptions in prose and verse commemorate the beauties
of this region.
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, the first woman in America to make a literary
reputation on two continents, was born at Stockbridge, and her stories
and sketches were located here. That old seat of learning, Williams
College, is situated among these foothills. In his summer home at
Pittsfield, Longfellow wrote "The Old Clock on the Stairs"; at
Stockbridge, Hawthorne builded his "House of the Seven Gables"; and
Lydia Sigourney poetically told of "Stockbridge Bowl" with "Its foot of
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