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Birth of Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. -
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Susan went to a boarding school
In 1837, Anthony went to Deborah Moulson's Female Seminary, a Quakers boarding school in Philadelphia. -
Susan's family moves to Hardscrabble, New York.
In 1839, her family moved to Hradscrabble, New York, in the wake of the pain and economic depression that followed. -
Susan later becomes a teacher
She later taught at the Canajoharie Academy in 1846. -
Susan quit teaching and moved back to Rochester, New York
In 1849, at age 29, Anthony quit teaching and moved back to her family in Rochester, New York. -
Anthony read a detailed account
In the late 1850, Anthony read a detailed account in the New York Tribune of the first National Women Rights Convention on Worcester, Massachusetts. -
Susan attempted to unify the African-American and woman's rights movements
In 1856, Anthony soom attempted to unify the African-American and woman's rights movements which was recruited by abolistionist Abby Keller Foster. -
Susan spoke at the Ninth National Women's Rights Convention
On May 12, 1859, Anthony spoke at the Ninth National Women's Convention and she asked saying, "Where, under our Declaration of Independence, does the Saxon man get his power to deprive all women and Negroes of their inalienable rights?" -
Susan published the first woman's rights weekly journal, The Revolution
On January 8, 1868, Anthony published the first woman's rights weekly journal The Revolution, and it's motto was: "The true repluic-men, their rights and nothing more; women, thier rights and nothing less." -
Anthony at the convention of 1868
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were delegates at the 1868 convention of the National Labor Union. -
Anththony and Stanton founded the National Women Suffrage Association
In 1869, Anthony and Stanton founded NWSA, an organization dedicated to woman's suffrages. -
Susan and Frederick on opposing sides
In 1869, Susan and her long-time friend, Frederick Douglass, foun themselves for the first time on opposing sides on a suffrage debate. -
Susan gets arrested
On November 18, 1872, Anthony got arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal for voting in the 1872 Presidental Election two weeks earlier. -
Susan petitions the U.S. Congress
After her trial, Anthony petitioned the U.S. Congress to remove the fine in January 1874. -
Susan becoming agnostic
By the 1880's, Anthony becomes agnotic. -
Susan toures around Europe
Later, Anthony toured all around Europe in 1883 and visited many charitable organizations. -
Susan and Lucy Stone merge both of their organizations
In February 1890, Anthony and Lucy Stone both merged their associations to make the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). -
Susan becomes president of NAWSA
Anthony served as VP for a long time until 1892 when she became president. -
Susan and Helen form a chapter on WEIU
In 1893, Anthony and Helen Barrett Montgomery both formed a chapter of the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union (WEIU). -
Susan and Helen open opportunities for women at the University of Rochester
In 1898, she also worked with Montgomery to raise funds to open opportunities for women to study at the University of Rochester. -
Susan B. Anthonys death
On March 13, 1906, Susan B. Anthony died of heart disease and pnemonia after retiring in 1900. -
Women are finaly allowed to vote
On August 26, 1920, women were given the right to vote by the ninteenth amendement to the constitution.
