Are we finally willing to tell the truth about her life and work on her 200th birthday?
The ancient Greeks accepted multiple sexuality. The Romans also. Somehow this then became unacceptable. (spread of an STD? Religious interference? State need for greater populations? )
Whatever the reason, by Mediaeval times all such practices had become ostracised and outlawed.
Only now is the pendulum swinging back.
I'm not sure why that's important for people to share, or to know. She didn't invent lesbianism and apparently wasn't interested in having it be part of her legacy. Why is it important to point out people whose sexual preferences might not have been mainstream? Do we do that with men? Should we? There's nothing that goes on between the sheets between consenting adults that should be considered everyone else's business... not unless they themselves decide so.
I agree that it's immaterial. At least it is for me, but that's because their sexuality makes no difference to me. But then kids grow up learning that there is only one way to be "normal" if they want to emulate their heroes. Imagine the difference if they could see a broader picture. And imagine the tolerance that may evolve in straight people if they learned there was more than one way to be. Personally, I think even more highly of SBA's achievements, knowing that she did them while bucking social pressures concerning her sexuality.
Good information. How sad that tour guides at Susan B. Anthony's house would not inform the public that she was lesbian.