Editing Susan B. Anthony (section)

===''The Revolution''===
Anthony and Stanton began publishing a weekly newspaper called ''[[The Revolution (newspaper)|The Revolution]]'' in New York City in 1868. It focused primarily on women's rights, especially suffrage for women, but it also covered other topics, including politics, the labor movement and finance. Its motto was "Men, their rights and nothing more: women, their rights and nothing less."<ref>Rakow and Kramarae eds. (2001), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ahcmo4_Jko0C&pg=PA18 p. 18].</ref>
One of its goals was to provide a forum in which women could exchange opinions on key issues from a variety of viewpoints. Anthony managed the business aspects of the paper while Stanton was co-editor along with [[Parker Pillsbury]], an abolitionist and a supporter of women's rights. Initial funding was provided by [[George Francis Train]], the controversial businessman who supported women's rights but who alienated many activists with his political and racial views.<ref name=rakow-14-18>Rakow and Kramarae eds. (2001), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ahcmo4_Jko0C&pg=PA14 pp. 6, 14–18].</ref>

[[File:Printing House Square, New York City.png|thumb|right|Printing House Square in Manhattan in 1868, showing the sign for ''The Revolution''{{'}}s office at the far right below ''The World'' and above ''Scientific American''.]]
In the aftermath of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], major periodicals associated with the radical social reform movements had either become more conservative or had quit publishing or soon would.<ref>Dudden (2011), [https://books.google.com/books?id=7-XV-oP9UFUC&pg=PA69 pp. 69, 143].</ref>
Anthony intended for ''The Revolution'' to partially fill that void, hoping to grow it eventually into a daily paper with its own printing press, all owned and operated by women.<ref>"The Working Women's Association", ''The Revolution'', November 5, 1868, p. 280. Quoted in Rakow and Kramarae eds. (2001), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ahcmo4_Jko0C&pg=PA106 p. 106].</ref> The funding Train had arranged for the newspaper, however, was less than Anthony had expected. Moreover, Train sailed for England after ''The Revolution'' published its first issue and was soon jailed for supporting Irish independence.<ref>Barry (1988), p. 187.</ref>

Train's financial support eventually disappeared entirely. After twenty-nine months, mounting debts forced Anthony to transfer the paper to [[Laura Curtis Bullard]], a wealthy women's rights activist who gave it a less radical tone. The paper published its last issue less than two years later.<ref name=rakow-14-18/>
Despite its short life, ''The Revolution'' gave Anthony and Stanton a means for expressing their views during the developing split within the women's movement. It also helped them promote their wing of the movement, which eventually became a separate organization.<ref>The role of ''The Revolution'' during the developing split in the women's movement is discussed in chapters 6 and 7 of Dudden (2011). An example of its use to support their wing of the movement is on [https://books.google.com/books?id=7-XV-oP9UFUC&pg=PA164 p. 164].</ref>