Susan E. Cannon Allen
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May 26, 1859
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| Born | Susan E. Cannon May 26, 1859 Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 12, 1935 (aged 75) |
| Known for | Suffragette |
Susan E. Cannon Allen (May 26, 1859 – May 12, 1935)[1] was an African-American suffragist and temperance activist from Illinois. She served in numerous executive positions in several different women's clubs and was involved in club work at both the local and state level.[2]
Cannon Allen was born in Galesburg, Illinois, to James and Clarissa Richardson Cannon, and she was their only daughter. Her great-grandparents, Thomas and Susan Richardson, came to Knox county from Kentucky through the Underground Railroad.[3]
She attended Monmouth schools with the goal of teaching foreign languages but did not end up pursuing that. She instead pursued missionary work in the United Presbyterian Church in Galesburg, Illinois.[3]
She later, in 1877 married John R. Allen which lasted 56 years until he died in 1933. They had twenty children together, only eight of whom survived into adulthood.[3][4][page needed]
