Anne V. Rigney, 108; Women’s Rights Leader
United Press International
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —
Anne V. Rigney, a crusader for women’s rights who worked with Susan B. Anthony, has died. She was 108.
Rigney, who died Saturday at a nursing home, was born in New London, Conn., and in 1906 she moved to Providence, where she worked in a department store, sold encyclopedias and joined forces with Anthony.
“I worked very hard to get the vote with Susan Anthony,” Rigney said in 1980 on her 100th birthday.
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