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Susan Brownell Anthony is born
Susan was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was the second of seven children. Six years later she moved to Battenville, New York with her family. -
Susan began teaching
At the age of 26, Susan began teaching at Canajoharie Academy in Canajoharie, New York. She earned a yearly salary of $110. She began teaching to help pay off her family's debts and bills. (Not exact date) -
Susan begins petitions for Women's Suffrage
When Susan is 34, she begins to petition and protest for women's suffrage and married women's rights. She also travels to Washington D.C. to speak at the Smithsonian and the Capitol, but she is refused. She also begins her New York Women's Suffrage campaign by herself. (Not exact date) -
Susan becomes an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society
When Susan was 36, she became an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. As an agent, she made speeches, put up posters, distributed leaflets, and arranged meetings. She faced many angry mobs, armed threats, and had things thrown at her. (Not exact date) -
Susan calls for education for women and African Americans
In 1857, Susan went to a New York State Teachers' Convention in Binghamton, New York. There she called for the education of white women and all African Americans. Others, like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, also fought for these rights. (Not exact date) -
Susan begins an Anti-Slavery Campaign from Buffalo to Albany
At the age of 41, Susan began an anti-slavery campaign that traveled from Buffalo, New York to Albany, New York. The slogan for the campaign was "No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise". She is once again mobbed and threatened along with other abolitionists, including former slave Frederick Douglass. (Not exact date) -
Susan begins the publication of The Revolution and forms The Working Women's Associations
Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton together began publishing The Revolution: a weekly women's rights newspaper. It was the National Woman Suffrage Association's official publication. Susan also began to encourage working women from the printing and sewing trades to form a Working Women's Association. -
Susan called for the First Women's Suffrage Convention
At the age of 49, Susan called for the First Women's Suffrage Convention in Washington DC. It was put together to begin the idea of a new amendment to the Constitution for women's rights. She and other suffragists presented the idea to forty consecutive sessions of Congress, but it sadly failed multiple times. -
Susan is arrested for trying to vote
When Susan is 52, she attempted to vote. She tried to vote in the front parlor of 7 Madison Street. She was then indicted in Albany but continued to lecture and attend conventions. -
Susan is tried for her "crime" and fined
One year after attempting to vote, Susan was tried for her crime. She was then fined $100 with costs after the jury found her guilty. Susan. However, Susan is not imprisoned for trying to vote. -
Susan publishes her book: The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony
When she is 78, Susan publishes another book, named The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women. She also established a press bureau to give the local and national news articles about women's suffrage. (Not exact date) -
Susan meets President Theodore Roosevelt
When Susan is 85 years old, she meets with President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington DC. She talks with him about submitting a suffrage amendment to Congress. Roosevelt gave his whole-hearted support to women's suffrage, but he died before the amendment was passed. (Not exact date) -
Susan Brownell Anthony dies
Susan dies at the age of 86 at her house on Madison Street. Susan never married, she never paid her fines from voting, and she never had any children. She did, however, begin the fight for women's suffrage. Then, in 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed to give women 21 and above the right to vote. It is also called the "Susan B. Anthony Amendment" and women all over the country now celebrate and thank her every time they vote.
