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= Susan B. Anthony =

 __**Advocate for Women's Rights and Equality for All**__ "Independence is happiness and failure is impossible.”  “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. “Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.”  “Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry."

"Suffrage is the pivotal right.”

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Susan B. Anthony was born on February 20th, 1805 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was one of eight children born into a Quaker family. Her family raised her with strict morals and values promoting justice and equality. As she grew older these values influenced her to take an active role in society and work to promote equality in aspects of slavery, education, and women’s rights. She attended the women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls NY in 1852 and met her good friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Together they worked to fight for women’s rights and begin the suffrage movement in New York. In 1856, Anthony became an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society and the following year attended the New York State Teacher’s convention in Binghamton, NY to call for education for all women and blacks. Not only did she fight for education and women’s rights, but also raised her voice to abolish slavery. Following in the footsteps of her father, she conducted her own anti-slavery campaign pushing President Lincoln to change the laws in his presidency. Her voice was heard and her actions gave strength to the passing of the Thirteenth amendment to abolish slavery, which was later followed by the Fourteenth amendment, granting black men equal rights and protection under the law. While these actions proved progress in her efforts, she still desired to fight for equality for women. Anthony and Stanton began to petition throughout New York State and gained supporters for their suffragist movement. Susan B. Anthony and her female supporters attempted to vote in the 1871 presidential election in which she was arrested and tried in court. She was given a fine but her steadfast strength allowed her to face the jury and not pay the fine. She continued to participate in the suffragist movement and became president of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association and met with people such as President Roosevelt to push for an amendment to the constitution to give women the right to vote. Anthony did not live to see the fruits of her labor and passed away on March 13, 1906. The Nineteenth amendment, granting women the right to vote, was passed nearly 14 years after her death.Susan B. Anthony’s story leaves behind the legacy of an American female hero who’s determination and perseverance paved the way for equality for women. Susan B. Anthony was a dedicated women’s suffragist, devoted slavery abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, and temperance worker and she continues to inspire many today Timeline:


 * 1820 ** - Susan Brownell Anthony born on February 15 in Adams, Mass., the second of 7 children.


 * 1826 ** - The Anthony family moves to Battenville, N.Y.


 * 1845 ** - The Anthony family moves to Rochester, N.Y. on the Erie Canal. Their house becomes a meeting-place for anti-slavery activists, including Frederick Douglass.
 * 1851 ** - Anthony travels to Syracuse anti-slavery convention and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton


 * 1852 ** – Susan B. Anthony attends her first women's rights convention.


 * 1854 ** - Anthony circulates petitions for married women's property rights and woman suffrage and begins her New York State campaign for woman suffrage in Mayville, Chautauqua County.


 * 1861 ** - Anthony conducts anti-slavery campaign from Buffalo to Albany-"No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise."


 * 1863 ** - Anthony and Stanton write the "Appeal to the Women of the Republic."


 * 1869 ** - Anthony calls the first Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington D.C.

She is tried and fined $100.
 * 1872 ** - Anthony is arrested for voting and is indicted in Albany.


 * 1898 ** - Anthony establishes a press bureau to feed articles on woman suffrage to the national and local press.


 * 1900 ** - Anthony uses the cash value on her life insurance to meet the University of Rochester's financial demands for the admission of women.


 * 1905 ** - Anthony meets with President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington D.C. about submitting a suffrage amendment to Congress.


 * 1906 ** - Anthony attends suffrage hearings in Washington, D.C. She gives her "Failure is Impossible" speech at her 86th birthday celebration. Anthony dies at her Madison Street home on March 13.


 * 1920 ** - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, grants the right to vote to all U.S. women over 21

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