Research Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University It’s an exercise that works best when our imaginations are informed by solid historical information.” We craft a memory that connects us across time to a person or events, trying to be true to both spheres-our world and hers. In a sense, we create a phantom person for our modern purposes out of the odd bits of her life that we value. “To find inspiration in an historical figure is a complex task. Anthony-still controversial after all these years We call on the SBA List to either take a bold and clear stand for liberty, equality, and justice for all humanity, or stand down from using Susan B. The SBA List uses her name to further their cause, but they neither understand her life’s work nor advocate for the causes in which she believed. Anthony was proud to claim the title “radical reformer” and she believed that the purpose of government was to create a more just society and a better world for all people. Anthony Museum & House is incensed that the SBA List continues to assert that the icon of the woman’s suffrage movement would have anything to do with blatantly partisan politics. Anthony for three-quarters of a century, the National Susan B. Anthony’s name, she assumed that we had something to do with the SBA List’s political agenda.Īs the National Historic Landmark that has championed the memory and legacy of Susan B. Since we are the most recognized organization bearing Susan B.

President as their keynote speaker next week.

Today, we received a very angry phone call from a woman who read on the internet that the SBA List will be featuring the U.S.

Memory Betrayal by Deborah Ann