Failure is impossible. — Susan B. Anthony · Smartyfair

Failure is impossible.

Susan B. Anthony1820–1906 · activist · 1800s-1900s USASusan B. Anthony was an American activist who spent her life fighting for women's right to vote, after beginning her activism in the movement to end slavery.1 quote

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In plain words

She refused to believe they could lose.

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Where these words come from

How sure this is: 94% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up: 38th NAWSA Convention, Baltimore, 15 February 1906 (Anthony's last public address)
Occasion: 1906
Sources checked: loc.govChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026
nps.govChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026NPS history article confirms 'Failure is impossible!' as Anthony's concluding words, though dated to her Jan 10, 1906 birthday celebration, not the Feb 15 NAWSA convention — likely said at both closely-spaced 1906 events.

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