Susan B. Anthony – Points of Light Volunteer Pathway – Washington, DC
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BruceS
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Quote of Susan B. Anthony on memorial for her work on the woman's suffrage movement. Memorial is located along the Points of Light Volunteer Pathway in Downtown Washington, DC.
Waymark Code: WMNZZD
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2015
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The memorial consists of a bronze disk embedded in the sidewalk with a relief of Susan B Anthony and the following text:
THE EXTRA MILE
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
1820-1906
BLESSED WITH AN INDUSTRIOUS AND SELF DISCIPLINED
SPIRIT, SUSAN B. ANTHONY PERSEVERED
THROUGH THE PREJUDICE AND CULTURE OF
HER TIME TO EMERGE AS THE ARCHITECT OF A
MOVEMENT WHICH SECURED THE PASSAGE OF
THE 19TH AMENDMENT THAT GAVE WOMEN
THE RIGHT TO VOTE. HER BELIEF THAT U. S.
CITIZENRY ENTITLED EVERYONE TO THE SAME
RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION FORMED
HER PLATFORM FOR LIFELONG ACTIVIST.
"Cautious, careful people, always casting
about to preserve their reputation and social
standing, never can bring about a reform.
Those who are really in earnest must be
will to be anything or nothing in
the world's estimation."
Points of Light Volunteer Pathway