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The birth of Susan B. Anthony
She was born to Daniel and Lucy Anthony in Adams MA,the second of eight children -
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The biography of Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to Antislavery,Temperance,and womens rights movement. She worked to change many laws that we would not have today without the wonderful woman she is. -
Joined the Daughters Of Temperance
She joined the Daughters Of Temperance,which focused on the dangers of Alcohol. -
Began teaching in early 1840's
She joined the teachers union to fight for equal wages. -
Meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony traveled to Seneca Falls and was introduced to Elizabeth Stanton. The two women soon delveoped a close friendship which would last decades. -
Founded the Womens State Temperance Society
She attended a Temperance convention and was refused the right to speak at the meeting. -
Became an agent for the American AntiSlavery Society
Became an agent for the American AntiSlavery Society,which involved organizing mettings,speeches,putting up posters,disributing leaflets,and encountering sometimes violent opposition. -
The Fourteenth Amendment passes
Anthony saw this as giving the 'right to vote' to women as well as men. -
Started publishing a newspaper called, The Revolution
This newspaper provided a counterpoint to the prejudices about equal rights,suffrage,and equal pay. -
Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association
She split the suffrage movement into two factions: She campaigned for a constitutional amendment. -
She planned to vote in the 1872 election
Anthony was arrested for her plan on voiting in a Presidential Election. They cleimed she violated election laws in Rochester. -
Anthony was tried and found guilty
She fought for her rights and never gave up. -
Anthony served with Stanton as presidents of the NAWSA
The National American Woman Suffrage Association fought at both the state and federal level. -
Susan B. Anthony dies
She passed at her home on madison street in Rochester,New York
