Nothing has been concealed or mitigated.

In those years of constant aggression, when every step was an experiment, there must have been mistakes, but the story would be incomplete if they were left untold.

No effort has been made to portray a perfect character, but only that of a woman who dared take the blows and bear the scorn that other women might be free.

Future generations will read these pages through tears, and will wonder what manner of people those were who not only permitted this woman to labor for humanity fifty years, almost unaided, but also compelled her to beg or earn the money with which to carry on her work.

If certain opinions shall be found herein which the world is not ready to accept, let it be remembered that, as Miss Anthony was in advance of public sentiment in the past, she may be equally so in the present, and that the radicalism which we reject today may be the conservatism at which we will wonder tomorrow.
Those who follow the story of this life will confirm the assertion that every girl who now enjoys a college education; every woman who has the chance of earning an honest living in whatever sphere she chooses; every wife who is protected by law in the possession of her person and her property; every mother who is blessed with the custody and control of her own children--owes these sacred privileges to Susan B.Anthony beyond all others.