SUSAN B ANTHONY (1820-1906)
Susan was a strong supporter for women's rights working full-time to grant women the right to vote. During her childhood both of Anthony's parents were abolitionists and supported the temperance movement and women's rights. As an adult Anthony's first job was one of the few available to women at the time and that was teaching. However she was soon fired from her first teaching job because she insisted on visiting African American's in their homes and constantly fought the unequal pay she received compared to her male co-workers. Later Anthony gained a job as the principal of the girls' department at Canajoharie Academy in Rochester, New York where she remained for the rest of her life. Anthony vowed to remain unmarried and focus on women's rights until she was granted all of the rights and privileges that were granted to men. Anthony first became deeply involved in the Women's Rights Movement when she had attended a Sons of Temperance meeting in Albany, during the meeting she stood to speak and was told that women were not allowed to speak but rather were invited to listen and learn. Anthony was so outraged that she stormed out of the meeting and went on to form her own organization. After the formation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the constitution, Anthony registered to vote and then on election day voted. On November 28th 1872 Anthony was arrested for voting which later she was charged for civil disobedience and issued a $100 fine which she refused to pay. During her lifetime however Anthony was never able to cast a legal ballot.
How She Made an Impact:
Susan B Anthony played a vital role in the fight for women's rights. She helped form the International Council of Women and later the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Europe. She also became president of the National American Women Suffrage Association which was founded in 1889. Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton she co-wrote the History of Women's Suffrage, a four volume work on the fight for women's right to vote. Her and Stanton also founded the National Women Suffrage Association which devoted itself to gaining the right for women to vote. In the early 1870's Anthony toured the Mid-Western part of the country speaking on behalf of women, strongly supporting the idea of women gaining the right to vote. Due to Anthony's efforts major strides were made in the fight for women's suffrage and the nineteenth amendment which granted women the right to vote was passed in 1920 only 14 years after her death.
How She Made an Impact:
Susan B Anthony played a vital role in the fight for women's rights. She helped form the International Council of Women and later the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Europe. She also became president of the National American Women Suffrage Association which was founded in 1889. Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton she co-wrote the History of Women's Suffrage, a four volume work on the fight for women's right to vote. Her and Stanton also founded the National Women Suffrage Association which devoted itself to gaining the right for women to vote. In the early 1870's Anthony toured the Mid-Western part of the country speaking on behalf of women, strongly supporting the idea of women gaining the right to vote. Due to Anthony's efforts major strides were made in the fight for women's suffrage and the nineteenth amendment which granted women the right to vote was passed in 1920 only 14 years after her death.
Men - their rights and nothing more; Women - their rights and nothing less.
~Susan B Anthony
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