been more ill-served by stereotyping, lame biographies, and stuffy hagiography than Susan B. Anthony, the great nineteenth-century champion of women’s rights. This magnificent woman is generally seen as a wizened, tight-lipped old do-gooder who probably hated men, sex, and most of the normal pleasures of life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anthony was a charming, eloquent, and commanding woman who routinely faced down halls of boorish, rude, and obstinate men—and who almost single-handedly created the national strategy that led to the enfranchisement of women.
