"I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters."
- Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony was a well-known 19th-century suffrage activist who fervently supported women's equality and rights under the law. One of her main convictions was that, in the same way that enslaved people fled to Canada for safety, women ought to be allowed to leave oppressive marriages. Many wome…