Today I am gonna talk about two people with many amazing accomplishments. Who did more? Who made life better? Who was selfless? Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts.…
Ever heard of Susan B. Anthony? She was one of the women that helped end slavery and fought for women’s right to vote. Anthony was born on February 15,1820,in Adams,MA. She grew up in a Quaker family,and was the second oldest child of eight children. Susan’s father,Daniel,owned a cotton factory most of his life,while his wife,Lucy, stayed home and raised Susan’s siblings.…
Informative Essay Elizabeth Svoboda, the author of “What Makes a Hero” created a book that will help individuals with identifying and understanding what a hero is with many perspectives and experiences. Throughout the book, Svoboda clarified what a hero was within each chapter and shown how people find out what they can do to help others or in other words be a hero. The book illustrated rhetorical appeals within Chapter five, which is titled “suffering and Heroism”; Svoboda put to use pathos, ethos and logos because she described the story of Jodee Blanco of how her emotions and feelings from being abused and not socially accepted throughout high school to becoming socially accepted and a hero as an adult. People can connect with pathos appeal…
Susan B. Anthony was an extraordinary leader. She was born in February 15, 1820. Her family was Quakers, which began as a new Christian denomination in the mid-1600. The Quakers believed in the equality of man and women and were also against slavery. They were against slavery and took a stand to end slavery.…
Susan Brownell Anthony (Feb. 20, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and a feminist who played an important role in the woman’s suffrage movement. She began to collect anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and herself founded the New York Women’s State Temperance Society after Anthony was not allowed to speak at a temperance conference because she was a woman. She began the movement to equality in women, although we are still looked at as minorities, she helped us earn our rights and equality. Without her, things for women would probably be just as bad as they were in the her time.…
A hero is not someone that saves the world in matter of seconds, or has a non human superpower like the ability to fly or be invisible. A true hero is someone that does something without expecting anything in return, always being kind, genuine and stands for what they believe in no matter the circumstance. Maya Angelou is looked as a hero around not only America but the whole world for being a poet, activist, and going from nothing to something and using that experience to help many people. Maya Angelou believed that by her poetic skills she could change the world and the people. As seen in the Great Black Heroes website Angelou talks about how traveling had a great impact on her writing/poetic skills.…
Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist who fought for the right for women to vote. Susan was also a writer and lecturer. Susan helped run the National Woman's Suffrage Association. She helped many women of today get the rights they deserve. She believed in standing up for what you believe in.…
A hero is an individual who is admired for their courageous acts. A hero is courageous, determined, responsible, selfless, wise and honest. One well-known hero is Martin Luther King Jr, an activist in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. King fought for equality and human rights for African Americans, which ultimately cost him his life. Rosa Parks, also an activist for the Civil Rights Movement, is another prominent example of a hero.…
Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 16, 1820. She was raised in a Quaker household with seven siblings and her parents, Lucy Anthony and Daniel Anthony. Her father owned a cotton mill. Susan had strong feelings about equality from a young age and worked on social issues for most of her life. Susan was a strong and stubborn individual who was determined to achieve equality for all.…
Imagine working for over sixty years to accomplish something, but you died before you could see it. This is what had happened to Susan. I decided to do my report on Susan B. Anthony because she gave women rights. She helped women to vote and have the right to speak. In my paper I will be presenting what Susan went through and what she did to help women speak for our rights.…
“Susan B. Anthony was a prominent women’s rights activist in 19th century America who initiated the women’s suffrage movement. She was active in the antislavery movement before the civil war.” Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She was a teacher and a person who fought for women’s rights. Sadly, she died on March 13, 1906.…
You might be a hero to a sibling even to a friend but this hero is known for her heroic actions. Harriet Tubman was born 1860 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, which is series of tunnels that lead to safe houses and was used in the 19th century. The railroad lead to Canada so the slaves would be able to be free, since Canada didn’t have slaves.…
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).…
Even though Susan B. Anthony may have passed away, her courage to stand up for women still continues to spread. She was a very influential person due to her accomplishments in the field of women’s rights. She grew up in a politically active family and was raised a Quaker. They believed everyone should have the right to be treated equally. Together they worked to end slavery and named it the abolitionist movement.…
A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Most if not every person has their own hero, whether it be a celebrity, a family member, or some random person who you admire. My hero is someone who means the world to me and that is my mom. My mom is my hero, my idol, my model figure, my everything. I define my mom as a hero because she has provided me with guidance, motherly love, and has always been there for me.…