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Birth Date
Susan B. Anthony was born on February,15,1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was born and raised by a Quaker family. In the Quaker religion Anthony was taught that men and women should be treated equally. -
Moving To a Farm
The Anthony family moved to a farm located at Rochester, New York. Here her family chose to fight against and end slavery. This was called the abolitionist movement. Many famous abolitionists, like Frederick Douglass met on their farm for meetings. -
Anthony's Teaching Career
Anthony had been studying teaching for many years in advance and was now head of the girls section at Canajoharie Academy. She realized that men were making more money per month than girls and decided to do something about it. She, her parents, and her sister, Marry went to the 1848 Rochester Women's Rights Convention. -
Temperance Act
Susan met Elizabeth Cady Stanton at an anti-slavery convention that they both attended. During this time, Anthony was involved in the Temperance Act, stopping alcohol sales. This caused her inspiration to want to also fight for women rights. When she was denied the chance to speak out at a Temperance Convention because she was a women she knew that she needed to fight for women's rights. -
Elizabeth and Susan Work Together
Lucy Stone gave a speech the inspired both Elizabeth and Stanton. Anthony and Stanton started the women's New York State Temperance Society. They also fought for women rights and formed New York's Women's Rights Committee. -
Women's Property Rights
Anthony went to New York to help women gain property rights. She wanted women to be able to own property and vote so she traveled many places campaigning and starting up petitions. -
Anti-Slavery
Susan began to work as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. She would arrange meetings, speak out at meetings, and put up posters. Often times people would throw things at her or mobs threatened her. -
Revolution
Anthony and Stanton founded the National Women Suffrage Association and the two edited the newspaper, Revolution. The newspaper was based on women's rights. -
Voting Illegally
Anthony was arrested and fined $100 for illegally voting in the election of 1872. She wanted to prove that women should be able to vote. Although, Anthony never ended up paying the fine. -
"Declaration of Rights"
Anthony led a women's protest at centennial. Here she delivered a "Declaration of Rights" for women. -
History of Women
Anthony and Stanton edited and published 3 volumes of the history of Women's Suffrage. These books talked about the legacy of the fight for women's rights and the hard efforts taken to gain these rights. -
Death Date
unfortunately, Anthony died before women gained the right to vote. She died on March, 13, 1906. But, luckily her hard work wasn't for no reason. 14 years later, the 19th amendment was passed, allowing for all adult women to vote and in Anthony's honor her image was placed on the dollar coin.
