Katharine Anthony

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Overview

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Katharine Anthony born Roseville, AK November 27, 1877 (d. 1965). Feminist, pacifist biographer of women peacemakers Susan B. Anthony and Louisa May Alcott. Member of Women’s Peace Party; critic of “Sister Susies,” pacifist women who knitted socks for soldiers.

Quotations

On “Sister Susies”: “[It is] a peculiarly infantile form of patriotism.” (Harriet Alonso, Peace as a Woman’s Issue, p. 80; photo Wikipedia)