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Anna Cadogan Etz is from Hornell, New York and was a leader in the woman suffrage movement in the period leading up to November 6, 1917 when women received the right to vote in New York. She was a featured speaker at numerous suffrage rallies and conventions in New York and her column on suffrage issues appeared regularly in newspapers across the state from 1912 to 1917. She was active in the New York State Women's Suffrage Association and was a founder of the Hornell Equality League of Self-Supporting Women. The Syracuse Herald described her speaking manner as "direct and forceful" that "soon had [crowds] interested." The Geneva Times said her speech "fairly bristled with facts." Her speeches were "enthusiastically received" in Niagara Falls. She spoke at factories where women worked, at carnivals, at farmers' picnics, at suffrage conventions and street side standing in the back of an automobile. Her newspaper column on behalf of Up-State Women Suffrage Press appeared in Alfred, Arcade, Bathe, Batavia, Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Caledonia, Cohocton, Elmira, Geneva, Greenwood, Hammondsport, Montour Falls, Niagara Falls, Penn Yan, St. Regis, and Tully. Her contributions were recognized by the National League of Women Voters in 1931 when her name was inscribed on the New York state Role of Honor. She was born in Hornell, New York in 1863, lived there for most of her life, died there in 1953 and us buried there in Hope Cemetery with her husband and daughter.

Anna and her family were a large part of the Hornell library. Her husband, Charles, was one of the original founders. They used their sons money that he would've inherited when he passed to buy books for the children's section. Anna was very active in the community and is recognized. There is a plaque for her found outside the library. Category:Suffragettes Category:Hornell Category:Anna cadogan etz