Can people consider America a free country if not all the citizens have the same rights? A free country needs free people. The citizens of the United States of America (mainly the women) have many more rights than they did 150 years ago. Susan B. Anthony (see Appendix A) audaciously led the United States in the direction of equal rights, and her legacy aided in the fulfillment of her goals and greatest desires. Susan B. Anthony’s early life and upbringing had a pointed influence on her beliefs and desires for a change in women’s rights. Her parents raised her in the Quaker religion. They believed that all humans are equal (Orr 19, Doug, History Wired). Throughout her campaign for equal rights, she shared her ideas openly. Her parents were
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After all, no leader has everyone’s full support. Some people, mostly men, thought that they did not act how women should, and were simply being intolerable, and acting out of line. While on the other hand, even some women rejected Susan’s protests because they felt like they did not need any more rights than they had (Harper 108-109). Susan B. Anthony was so headstrong and driven that she helped the idea of suffrage lose the crackpot image (History Wired). Men and women everywhere scorned her. People threw eggs and taunted at her. At one point, a dummy was made of her, and dragged it through the streets (Parker 30). Angry crowds gathered and attempted stop her from speaking. At one of her conventions, there was such a mob. The mayor loaded his shotgun, and laid it across his lap so that Susan could continue without interruption (Weisberg 63). Leaders often are rejected; this gives them even more of a reason to …show more content…
Others perceived her legacy prior to her success. When she defied and went against all popular belief and voted, 20 others went with her. Many were arrested, as was she, but they continued pressing forward in faith (Saints)! Women continued to picket at the White House, because she asked them too. Susan was a driven leader and the movement prospered and succeeded because of her efforts. When she died on March 13, 1906, ten thousand people lined the streets in attendance of her funeral (Orr 39.) She was also the first woman with the honor of having her face stamped on a silver dollar (see Appendix A)(History.com, Britannica). Susan left the world a legacy of patience and
After all, no leader has everyone’s full support. Some people, mostly men, thought that they did not act how women should, and were simply being intolerable, and acting out of line. While on the other hand, even some women rejected Susan’s protests because they felt like they did not need any more rights than they had (Harper 108-109). Susan B. Anthony was so headstrong and driven that she helped the idea of suffrage lose the crackpot image (History Wired). Men and women everywhere scorned her. People threw eggs and taunted at her. At one point, a dummy was made of her, and dragged it through the streets (Parker 30). Angry crowds gathered and attempted stop her from speaking. At one of her conventions, there was such a mob. The mayor loaded his shotgun, and laid it across his lap so that Susan could continue without interruption (Weisberg 63). Leaders often are rejected; this gives them even more of a reason to …show more content…
Others perceived her legacy prior to her success. When she defied and went against all popular belief and voted, 20 others went with her. Many were arrested, as was she, but they continued pressing forward in faith (Saints)! Women continued to picket at the White House, because she asked them too. Susan was a driven leader and the movement prospered and succeeded because of her efforts. When she died on March 13, 1906, ten thousand people lined the streets in attendance of her funeral (Orr 39.) She was also the first woman with the honor of having her face stamped on a silver dollar (see Appendix A)(History.com, Britannica). Susan left the world a legacy of patience and