Essay On Susan B Anthony

Susan B. Anthony and Civil Disobedience Susan B. Anthony once said, “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”(Women’s). This implies that Anthony believed that everyone should have equal rights; men should not be held at a higher standard than women and white men should not be held at a higher standard that colored men. Anthony took many actions to protest and eliminate the laws denying the rights of women. This is known as civil disobedience (Suber). The purpose of civil disobedience is to get rid of a law that people believe to be unjust (Brownlee). Anthony took a strong stand for women’s rights by fighting against the laws put in place in the mid 1800’s. She committed several acts of civil disobedience that caused her to be put in jail, but later became a part of changing the laws she was protesting against. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was born as …show more content…
Anthony accomplished many things through her bravery and determination. While Anthony attended her last National Women’s Convention in 1906, she saw many collage-educated women who were going after careers in everything from medicine to social work (Cooper pg.111). Susan B. Anthony passed away at her home on Madison Street in Rochester in 1906 (Biography). After Anthony passed away, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920 and named the Susan B. Anthony Amendment (United). Seventy years after her death, the United States government honored her by putting her picture on a new coin and named it the Susan B. Anthony dollar (Cooper pg.111). Overall, Susan B. Anthony worked hard for women’s rights. She went to jail various times for going against the law. She once said, “Forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best works, work your best works, looking for your own conscience for approval”(Susan