Susan B. Anthony letter decrying treatment of women as ‘pets’ goes on sale in Philly for $15K
By APThursday, September 23, 2010
Philly dealer selling rare Susan B. Anthony letter
PHILADELPHIA — A recently discovered letter is being sold in Philadelphia in which Susan B. Anthony rails against the treatment of women as “the pets of society.”
In the 1905 letter, the women’s rights leader chides a man who asked her suffrage organization to buy a collection of signatures of the great historical figures from the preceding century.
Not one woman was on the list.
Anthony replies that as long as women aren’t recognized for their accomplishments and have no voice in their own government, they’ll be the “pets of society,” and “to be a pet is not to be an equal.”
The Raab (RAHB) Collection is offering the letter for $15,000. The dealer’s vice president, Nathan Raab, says the angry tone shows a side of Anthony not previously seen in her correspondence.
