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Susan b. Anthony

Susan b. Anthony. (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) By Neeley, Juan, McKenna, Joey & Ashley. Early life. Born in Adams Massachusetts on February 15, 1820 Brought up in a Quaker family Second of seven children Family owned a cotton mill

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Susan b. Anthony

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  1. Susan b. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) By Neeley, Juan, McKenna, Joey & Ashley

  2. Early life • Born in Adams Massachusetts on February 15, 1820 • Brought up in a Quaker family • Second of seven children • Family owned a cotton mill • Attended boarding school in Philadelphia in 1837 • Later forced to move home and work as a teacher in order to help pay off her fathers debt

  3. Abolitionist • Family moved to Rochester, NY in 1845 • Became involved in the anti-slave movement • Anti-slavery meetings were held weekly at the Anthony family farm. • 1856-Susan became an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society • 1863-She teamed up with Elizabeth Stanton and organized a Women's National Loyal League

  4. Educational Reformer • 1846- Susan took her first paid position and became the head of the girls’ department at Cnajoharie Academy • 1853- at the state teachers convention Susan asked for better pay for women teachers • 1859- spoke at a teachers convention and argued for co-education- claimed there’s no difference between minds of men and women • 1890- raised $50,000 in pledges to ensure women could be admitted to the University of Rochester • Women were later admitted to the University in 1900

  5. Temperance worker http://www.biography.com/people/susan-b-anthony-194905/videos/susan-b-anthony-the-quaker-belief-2080101528 • Joined the Daughters of Temperance and campaigned for stronger liquor laws. • 1848- Anthony made her first speech at a Daughter of Temperance supper • 1849- elected President of Rochester's Daughter of Temperance branch • 1853- Susan and Stanton founded the Women's State Temperance Society • Tried petitioning the state legislature for limiting liquor sales • Legislature rejected because most of the 28,000 signatures were women

  6. Suffragist • 1852- attended her first women's rights convention • 1866- Anthony and Stanton founded the American Equal Rights Association • 1868- Stanton and Anthony started publishing The Revolution in Rochester newspaper • 1869- Suffrage movement split. Wyoming became first territory to give Women the right to vote • 1872- Anthony and her sisters were arrested for voting • 1887- Both women's suffrage organizations merged as the National American Women Suffrage Association with Anthony as vice president and Stanton as pres. • Campaigned across the country- many states gradually began to give women some legal status

  7. Later Life “To think I had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, & then to die without it seems so cruel.” –Susan B Anthony • 1900- at age 80, Anthony retired as the president of the association • 1904- Anthony presided over the International Council of Women in Berlin • 1905- Met with president Roosevelt to lobby for women's rights amendment • 1906- Susan B. Anthony died • 1920- All women received the right to vote thanks to the 19th amendment A.K.A.- the Susan B. Anthony Amendment.

  8. References • Davis,Allen F. “Anthony, Susan Brownell (1820-1906).” Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier online, 2013. Web. Apr. 2013. • Archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights/exhibits/section3/details/susan-b-anthony.html • http://www.biography.com/people/susan-b-anthony-the-quaker-belief-208010152,online,2013.Web.23.Apr • http//www.noblebiographies.com/An-Ba/Anthony-Susan-B.html.Web.23 apr.2013.

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