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What precisely did we see on stage? Merely a figure from the past? Did Sally Matson's per- formance urge us to expand our viewpoints to include the present and the future? Here is how some of us answered the follow- ing question: If Susan B. Anthony were alive today, what would she say to us? • Nancy Hale Goethe, League of Women Voters, Sarasota County: "Miss Anthony's reaction would probably be a mixed bag. She would be glad that we are doctors, law- yers, soldiers and police officers but sad that some are not paid equally well as their male counterparts. She would be pleased that we can own property and have our own bank accounts but displeased that not all of our citizens have access to good health- care and education. 'We have more work to do,' she would probably say." (After the 19th Amendment was passed 94 years ago, women's suffrage associations became chapters of the League of Women Voters.) • Jerrine Grim brought along a photo of her great-grandmother, Clara Pennoyer Roest. "Clara will sit with me today at the [Daughters of the American Revolution] table. After she first voted, Clara exclaimed, 'Imagine! Such great progress! Electricity! The auto- mobile! The vote!'" • Valerie A. Fisher, chairwoman of the Manatee Commission on the Status of Women: "Susan B. advocated for the abo- lition of slavery as well as equality for women. Women are human beings, equal to Elizabeth Cuevas Neunder, Republican candidate for Florida governor, is challenging Rick Scott in the Aug. 26 primary. Photo by Barbara Dondero Sarasota News Leader August 8 & 15, 2014 Page 113