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Anti-Slavery movement
Members of her family were active in the anti-slavery movement. -
Elizabeth Stanton
She attended an anti-slavery conference, where she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -
Women's New York State Temperance Society
Anthony and Stanton established the Women's New York State Temperance Society in 1852. -
Better pay
At the state teachers' convention, Anthony called for women to be admitted to the professions and for better pay for women teachers. -
American Anti-Slavery Society
She began working as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
Equality
Anthony spoke before the state teachers' convention at Troy, N.Y. and at the Massachusetts teachers' convention, arguing for coeducation (boys and girls together) and claiming there were no differences between the minds of men and women. -
Women's National Loyal League
Anthony and Stanton organized a Women's National Loyal League to support and petition for the Thirteenth Amendment outlawing slavery. -
American Equal Rights Association
She helped establish the American Equal Rights Association with Stanton, calling for the same rights to be granted to all regardless of race or sex. -
The Revolution
Anthony and Stanton created and produced The Revolution, a weekly publication that lobbied for women's rights in 1868. -
National Woman Suffrage Association
Anthony and Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association. -
Hester Vaughn case
Anthony persuaded the Workingwomen's Association in New York to investigate the case of Hester Vaughn, a poor working woman accused of murdering her illegitimate child. -
"enemy of labor"
At the National Labor Union Congress, the men's Typographical Union accused her of strike- breaking and running a non-union shop at The Revolution, and called her an enemy of labor. -
Voting
She voted illegally in the Presidental election. -
Prostitution
She attacked the "social evil" of prostitution in a speech in Chicago, calling for equality in marriage, in the workplace, and at the ballot box to eliminate the need for women to go on the streets. -
Rights of Women
She met with President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., to lobby for an amendment to give women the right to vote.
