Post Quotes Jellison On Susan B. Anthony Legacy

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

The Post quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Susan B. Anthony Day honors legacy of women’s suffrage leader.”

Katherine Jellison, a professor and the chair of the history department at Ohio University, first started learning about Anthony in the 6th grade, and has learned all about her many contributions to the women’s rights movement.

“If Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the rhetoric of the movement, Susan B. Anthony was the voice,” Jellison said.

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“She was right to stick to her gut on the federal law,” Jellison said. “She kept suffrage in the spotlight year after year, always showing up and speaking about suffrage. She was a workaholic, and a great example of civil disobedience.”

Read more in the Post.