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Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less

Documented in Susan B. Anthony's newspaper Susan B. Anthony 1820–1906
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This was a motto of The Revolution, the newspaper Susan B. Anthony published. Its use is documented in 1868; the checked sources do not establish that Anthony alone coined it.

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“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less” — Motto of The Revolution (1868), published by Susan B. Anthony; individual coinage unconfirmed.

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The Revolution
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Masthead, February 5, 1868
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Associated with Anthony's newspaper; individual coinage unconfirmed

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

The Revolution: February 5, 1868 issue

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The motto is directly documented in an English newspaper issue published in 1868.

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The motto announced what the newspaper intended to argue in public: equal rights without extra privileges for men or diminished rights for women. Harper's account ↗ records Anthony as proprietor and Stanton and Pillsbury as editors, so publication history should not be collapsed into a claim of sole authorship.

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Trusted places to keep pulling the thread — primary archives, fact-checks, and scholarship. We show how we used each one before you leave.

The Revolution: February 5, 1868 issuenewseumed.org

The digitized masthead displays the men's and women's rights motto.
Harper: founding The Revolutionwww.gutenberg.org

Describes the paper's announced motto, editors Stanton and Pillsbury, and proprietor Anthony.
History of Woman Suffrage: the paperen.wikisource.org

Records The Revolution's founding and its longer principles, justice and rights motto.
Anthony and Stanton's partnershipwww.womenshistory.org

Museum biography documents the partnership behind their women's rights campaigning.

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About Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

1820–1906 · Publisher and suffrage organizer

Susan B. Anthony organized for the abolition of slavery and for women's voting rights. Her partnership with Elizabeth Cady Stanton joined public speaking, lobbying and publishing in a long campaign for equality.

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The Revolution, February 5, 1868, masthead. Susan B. Anthony, proprietor; individual authorship of motto unconfirmed.

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