Alejandra Pulido
Mrs. Youkhana
ELA 8 P.1
20 October 2017
Susan B. Anthony the Right to Vote
Have you ever wondered why Susan B. Anthony was a historical figure who took a stand to challenge the rules? Susan B. Anthony was a woman who decided to fight for women’s rights. In her generation, Susan was possibly a widely known suffragist. Susan knew it wasn’t going to be easy and had to face the consequences for taking a stand to challenge the rules, but with her courageous heart and determined mind she accomplished her goal. Susan B. Anthony was a great historical figure who took a stand to challenge the rules, was a inspiration to thousands of women, and she is the reason why women get to vote now.
Susan B. Anthony was an ordinary woman who took a stand to fight. When Susan B. Anthony became a teacher, she found out that a male teacher made $10.00 a month and a female teacher made $2.50 a month which she found that unfair and injustice. On August 2, Susan’s family and she went to the Rochester Women's Rights Convention in 1848. In 1851, Amelia Bloomer introduced Susan to Elizabeth Cady Stanton which would have likely made Susan begin to take an interest in women’s rights, but it was actually Lucy Stone’s speech that convinced her to take an interest in the women’s rights movement. …show more content…
Susan’s position was to arranged meetings, make speeches, put up posters, and give out the papers. The consequences for making those decisions and actions was to face armed threats, unkind crowds of people, and things being thrown at her, but she kept fighting for what she thought was right. In 1856, Susan B. Anthony served in the business committee and spoke up for women’s rights. Later on, Susan and Elizabeth founded the American Equal Rights Association. Their motto was, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less” which meant men will not be higher than women and women will not be less than
Mrs. Youkhana
ELA 8 P.1
20 October 2017
Susan B. Anthony the Right to Vote
Have you ever wondered why Susan B. Anthony was a historical figure who took a stand to challenge the rules? Susan B. Anthony was a woman who decided to fight for women’s rights. In her generation, Susan was possibly a widely known suffragist. Susan knew it wasn’t going to be easy and had to face the consequences for taking a stand to challenge the rules, but with her courageous heart and determined mind she accomplished her goal. Susan B. Anthony was a great historical figure who took a stand to challenge the rules, was a inspiration to thousands of women, and she is the reason why women get to vote now.
Susan B. Anthony was an ordinary woman who took a stand to fight. When Susan B. Anthony became a teacher, she found out that a male teacher made $10.00 a month and a female teacher made $2.50 a month which she found that unfair and injustice. On August 2, Susan’s family and she went to the Rochester Women's Rights Convention in 1848. In 1851, Amelia Bloomer introduced Susan to Elizabeth Cady Stanton which would have likely made Susan begin to take an interest in women’s rights, but it was actually Lucy Stone’s speech that convinced her to take an interest in the women’s rights movement. …show more content…
Susan’s position was to arranged meetings, make speeches, put up posters, and give out the papers. The consequences for making those decisions and actions was to face armed threats, unkind crowds of people, and things being thrown at her, but she kept fighting for what she thought was right. In 1856, Susan B. Anthony served in the business committee and spoke up for women’s rights. Later on, Susan and Elizabeth founded the American Equal Rights Association. Their motto was, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less” which meant men will not be higher than women and women will not be less than