Susan B. Anthony By: Alexis Stallings

Biography  Born on February 15, 1820  Susan B. Anthony was raised in a Quaker household.  Anthony was the second oldest of eight children to a local cotton mill owner and his wife.  She developed a strong moral compass early on, and spent much of her life working on social causes.  Worked as a teacher before becoming a leading figure in the abolitionist and women's voting rights movement.  She partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and would eventually lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association.  A dedicated writer and lecturer.  Anthony died on March

Major Interests/Accomplishments  Women's rights activist  Publisher  Civil rights activist  Editor (The Revolution)  President of the National American Women Suffrage Association  Journalist ( The Revolution, first published in 1868)  In recognition of her dedication and hard work, the U.S. Treasury Department put Anthony's portrait on dollar coins in (After her death)

Significant Quotes  "Men - their rights and nothing more; Women - their rights and nothing less."  "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."  All by Susan B. Anthony.

Impact on social attitudes or policies  In the early 1880s, Anthony published the first volume of History of Woman Suffrage—a project that she co-edited with Stanton, Ida Husted Harper and Matilda Joslin Gage. Several more volumes would follow.  In 1905, she met with President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., to lobby for an amendment to give women the right to vote.  14 years after Anthony's death—in 1920—the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving all adult women the right to vote.

Quiz questions 1. What was Susan B. Anthony's first job? 2. What was she president of? 3. Who did she partner with? 4. Who did she meet with in 1905 while in Washington D.C.? 5. What did the U.S. Treasury do to honor Susan B. Anthony?

Citations  Susan Brownell Anthony. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 12:58, Oct 14, 2014, from anthony anthony  Susan Brownell Anthony. (2014). The Historynet.com website. Retrieved 1:00, Oct 14, 2014, from  Susan B. Anthony. (2014). The Women's History website. Retrieved 1:19, Oct 14, 2014, from