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1849 - President of Daughter of Temperance
Susan B. Anthony became president of the Rochester branch of the Daughter of Temperance, a group who campaigned for stronger liquor laws -
1853- Stanton and Anthony
The Sons of Temperance refused to let Anthony speak at a meeting. So instead, she left and called a meeting of her own. Stanton and Anthony founded the Women's State Temperance Society to pass a law that limits the amount of liquor sold. State legislature rejected the idea because most of their signatures they had were women and children. -
1856- American Anti-Slavery Association
Susan B. Anthony becomes an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Association. She arranged meetings, made speeches, distributed leaflets, and put up poster. However, she encountered threats and mobs, and things being thrown at her. Even though she was supporting the stop of a big problem in the U.S, she was treated harshly just because she was a woman. -
1859- Spoke before state teachers' convention
Susan B. Anthony spoke before state teachers' convention in New York and Massachusetts about coeducation, claiming that there was no difference between the minds of men and women. By saying this, she shows how women are no different than men and should not be treated any different. -
1863- Stanton and Anthony
Stanton and Anthony campaigned for full citizenship of any person of any race and the right to vote, hoping females would be included. However, women were excluded. Stanton and Anthony then wrote "Appeal to The Women of Republic". These acts contributed to the women getting the right to vote. They made the problem well known and their ideas bigger so more people would support women getting the right to vote. -
1868- Female Labor
Anthony persuaded the committee on female labor to call for votes for women and equal pay for equal work, but the men at the conference deleted the reference to the votes. Anthony is trying to spread the idea of equal rights for women and also have the right to vote by exposing it to a group of men of a committee that may be more successful in doing so since they were men back then. -
1869- Women Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony calls the first Women Suffrage Convention, held in Washington D.C. Anthony is spreading the idea of women suffrage and that is helping it become a more known problem throughout the U.S. -
1872- Arrested
Anthony is arrested for voting at the front parlor and is indicted in Albany, she however continues to lecture and attend conventions. Anthony was arrested for doing something that is a right of a white man, this can show to some people how unfair women were treated. -
1898- Book published
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women is published. Anthony also established a press bureau of women suffrage to the national and local press. The idea of women suffrage became more accepted and the rights of women were coming closer. -
1905- Meeting with President
Anthony met with President Theodore Roosevelt In Washington D.C, about admitting a suffrage amendment to Congress. The idea of women suffrage had become so big and well known that it was actually being considered to become and amendment by the President. Women having the right to vote was so close.
