Kansas Susan?

"Any man who voted against female suffrage was a blockhead," Susan B. Anthony declared in an address at Manhattan (Kansas) on September 7, 1867. Forty-five men, twelve women, and a few boys were present. Although several of the men disagreed with Anthony, few attempted to argue with her. Questioning her femininity, The Kansas Radical, in reporting the event, wrote that the men were unsure of what she would do if cornered. Later in her speech, she modified her blockhead remark to exclude farmers. Read more here.

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