Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Susan B. Anthony is often considered one of the earliest leaders for women's rights but, as Americans remember her today on their birthday, pro-life groups point out that she was vehemently pro-life. Though modern-day women's groups promote abortion, Anthony would not have joined them.

America’s most well-known women’s rights leader was born 190 years ago today, on February 15, 1820.

The president of the Susan B. Anthony List, a national organization named for the pro-life suffragette, reflected on Anthony’s largely unknown pro-life legacy.

“If Susan B. Anthony were alive today, she would be overjoyed by the strength of the growing American pro-life majority,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the head of the group that helps elect pro-life women to office...