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HOME OFELIZABETH BROWNE CHATFIELD
SUFFRAGIST AND SECRETARY TO
SUSAN B. ANTHONY WHO STAYED
HERE MARCH 28, 1894
WHILE ON SPEAKING TOUR.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2017
Elizabeth Browne Chatfield (1842-1917) was a prominent suffragist who worked as secretary to Susan B. Anthony. She organized the Decade Celebration of Women’s Rights in 1870 and served as Anthony’s lecture agent across New York State that year. Anthony stayed with Chatfield on March 28, 1894 when her tour of counties for the New York State Amendment Campaign reached Tioga County.
