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A Home in the Battenkill Valley – The Earlier Years of Susan B. Anthony by Theodore Corbett
This book is about Susan B. Anthony, the renowned crusader for women’s rights. In her formative years, from 1826 to 1845, she lived in the Battenkill Valley at Battenville, Center Falls and Greenwich. The book describes how Susan grew up in a house that still stands, which overlooked a mill yard complex. The Panic of 1837 ruined her family’s investment in the mill and their home, and ultimately in 1845 the Anthonys were forced to move to Rochester, NY. Thus, it was in the Battenville region that Susan first developed a respect for temperance, abolition, and the condition of working women, causes that would ultimately lead her to become a warrior for women’s suffrage.
Illustrated, 72 pgs, paperback
