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Birth
Born on Febuary 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony would grow up to be one of the most influential people of the womens suffrage campain. She was born and raised in Massachusets. Susan was born to Lucy and Daniel Anthony. -
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Susan B. Anthony
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Start of an Abolitionist
(Does not give a specific date) During the mid 1840s, Suasn and her family moved to a farm in Rochester New York. This home would soon become a famous meeting place for famous abolitionsists such as Fredrick Douglas. Also around this time Susan became the head of the girls department at Canajoharie Academy. She held this position for two years. -
The Anti-Slavery Convention
(Specifc Date not Given) In 1851 Susan attended a anti-slavery convention where she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In the future Elizabeth and Susan will do many things together to fight for women's rights. She knew it was the time to fight for was was right. After this convention she will later travel to a Temperance Convention where she is protesting the production and selling of alchohol. -
Temperance Convention
During this year, Susan also attended a temperance convention. Here Susan protested about the production and selling of alchohol. When she was denied th right to speak a this convention she was outraged and knew something had to be done. She ater saw that until women hads the right to vote, they wuldnt be taken seriously in politics. -
Women's New York State Temperance Society
(Specific Date Not Given) I 1852 Eizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony established the Women's New York State Temperance Society. This dynamic duo also created the New York State Woman's Rights Committee. THey created petitions for women's rghts to own property and to vote. She traveled around the world on behalf of all women. -
Divorce Laws
(Specific Date Not Given) Susan shortly began working fr women's property rights. aruond 1860, a bill became a law saying that a women could own property, keep their own wages, and have custody over their children. After this Suan and Elizabeth did more liberal divorce campaining. -
Newspapers
(Specific Date not Given) In 1868 Susan began a newspaper called the The Revolution. In this newspaper, Susan promoted buying African American made goods. This soon brought her together with women working in printing trades. -
State-by-State Basis
(Specific date not Given) Soon enough the American Woman Suffrage Association figured out a way to have the womens suffrage amendment ge passed. hey wuld do something called a state to state basis. By using this tactic, Wyoming was the first territory to allow women to vote in1869 -
Getting Arrested
(Specific Date Not Given) After fighting hard for the right to vote, Susan, three of her sisters sisters, and a few other women were arrested for voting in Rochester. Prior to this event Suasn had been giving speeches to women in the West on speaking tours to try to promote them to vote. She even refused to pay a street fine because she said she was doing it in the name of the law. -
Cenntenial
(Specific Date Not Given) At the 1876 Cenntenial, Suasn led a women's protest. There she delivered a speech called the "Declaration of Rights". After this Susan also wrote and published a book called "History of Women Suffrage", along with Elizabeth Staton and Matilda Gage. -
University of Rochester
(Specifc Date not Given) In this year Suasn persuaded the Unversity of Rochester to admit women. Susan was persistent and was determined to have equal rights. This was only the beginning of rights for women and the nextt generation will carry it on. -
Susan's Death
On this dte, Susan B. Anthony died. She died in Rochester New York at the age of 86. This abolitionsist and women's rights activist died a hero.
