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Individual: 1868- 1877 Andrew Johnson was the seventeenth president from 1865 to 1869. Johnson was the first president who had been impeached by the U.S House of Representatives. He was impeached because he didn’t respect the Tenure of Office Act. Susan B. Anthony was an abolitionist and women’s rights advocate. She was also the other founder of the National Women Suffrage Association in 1869.…
In the story “Making Sarah Cry” and “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote” the theme of being different is being shown. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah and the boy were being treated differently in the story for what they look like and and what they do. In “Susan B. Anthony” Dares to Vote” Susan B. was being treated differently because of her being a women and only men can vote not women. While both of these stories share a common theme, the mood of the stories are completely different. The story “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote” contains court and the law, demonstrating how bad the situation really was.…
In addition, to campaigning for women's rights Susan was also giving speeches around the US trying to convince more women and men to support the right for women to vote. During the year 1869, Anthony and Elizabeth came up with the 14th and 15th amendmentsand showed them to the US constitution, they were intended to give voting rights to black men, but would not extend towards women. In 1872, she was arrested for trying to vote illegally for the presidential election. Anthony then tried to fight the charges but ended up with only a 100 dollar fine. She went on to never pay the fine.…
After forming the organization Anthony gave many speeches to convince the country that women should get the right to vote. In the same manner, Anthony and other women would hold peaceful protest and they also went on a hunger strike. Anthony even went to go vote illegally where she was arrested and fined. These actions all payed off for Susan B. Anthony and for women. Susan B. Anthony met with President Theodore Roosevelt to discuss an amendment that would give women the right to vote.…
Susan Brownell Anthony was born in February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts her family faced financial problems because of the Panic of 1837. She decided to take it on herself to become a teacher to provide her family. During that time, they all moved to Rochestershe, New York where everything started for her. First, her family managed to become friends with Frederick Douglass who was also friends with William Lloyd Garrison.…
Susan B. Anthony was the dominant figure of the organization from the year of its foundation to 1900. Susan B. Anthony worked hard to give women the right to vote. on the elections of 1872, she exercised her citizen right to vote but was sent to trial on 1873, for voting illegally. Before her trial Susan B. Anthony gave a speech that said: Friends…
She also wrote with Stanton and Gage and they made “History of Women Suffrage” together. In 1888, Anthony Helped Reunify some of the suffrage associations and they were combined with the NAWSA. She worked within the group until 1900. She also worked to ban all types of slavery including sharecropping and chain gangs. She gathered signatures, and went through arduous state tours to organize suffrage campaigns.…
She was the second of seven children born to Daniel and Lucy Read Anthony. She was enrolled in public school however once she was seven and the teacher refused to teach her long division. Her father then decided to make an educational program in her neighborhood where Susan and her siblings and other children were taught. (softschool.com) Susan B. Anthony was president (1892-1900) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.…
Anthony also used her public speaking as a way to promote her belief in the right of women to vote. In the 1870s, Susan B. Anthony campaigned for women’s suffrage on speaking tours in the West. She ignored what other people said, and those who disagreed with her and just kept fighting for her beliefs. She traveled, lectured and campaigned all across the nation, trying to get people’s vote for women to have the ability to vote.…
America was built under a living document that needs to be updated continually. To become a contributing member of society; the law must give us the responsibility to deal with matters occurring in our own communities. The ability to exercise our voting rights is one of our greatest responsibilities and no one can be considered an equal citizen without it. Women’s suffrage is a right that derives from equal citizenship.…
Susan B. Anthony played a major role in women receiving the right to vote. Her life was dedicated to fighting for civil rights. She never gave up on getting women the civil rights that they deserved. Women's voting rights were extremely controversial during Ms. Anthony’s time. Susan Anthony had the courage to stand up and fight for what she believed in, because of this, every woman should appreciate her.…
America, “The Land of the Free”. Free from prejudice? Yes. Prejudice is the biggest factor contributing to civil liberty issues. The civil liberty issues of the past have been resolved through dedication, trust and the hard work of many men and women.…
Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to end women’s suffrage, and fought to prove that women had the right to vote. In the late 1800s voting was not permitted for women, and if they did they might get arrested. Anthony wrote and delivered stub speeches but didn’t have much success doing so. Nonetheless many years after she died her dedication made an impact in women’s right to vote, and in 1920 the 19th amendment was passed. In her speech Anthony talks about ending women’s suffrage, and her story of how she got arrested for trying to vote.…
She told her friend, Anna Shaw, “ To think I have more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and to die without it seems so cruel.” In 1905, she met with President Theodore Roosevelt to importune for a right for women to vote. She spoke the now famous words before she died, “ Failure is impossible.” On March 13th, 1906, Susan Brownell Anthony died. It wasn’t until 1920 that women could vote.…
The movement didn’t become serious until after 1870, when the 15th amendment gave black men voting rights. In that same year, her and a group of women wrote a six-volume series on the history of the women’s suffrage movement. It appeared later in 1881. According to the article, American Government, In1872, Susan registered and voted in Rochester but was charged with a $100 fee which she refuse to pay. The charges were later dropped because of the drama that it brought.…