Megan Shu Shu 1
Ms. Thurtle
English 1AS
November 7, 2014
Susan B. Anthony’s Fight for Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony stood at the door of the voting room, taking a look at the inside of the room. The room was grey, small, there were no windows, and only one way out. The room was full of people concentrating on filling out their ballots. As she walked in, everyone took a moment and looked at her strangely, wondering what a women was doing voting. She had prepared to vote a long time ago and she was to do so. She knew it was not the right thing to do,but she wanted to prove her point. Susan B. Anthony grabbed a ballot, …show more content…
Susan B. Anthony wanted for women to have the right to vote, so she fought for her belief. She wanted to test the women’s legal right to vote, so she voted illegally. Susan B. Anthony successfully fought for women’s suffrage, by campaigning and writing.
During the 1800s, women did not have much freedom, and they did not get to choose what they did or didn’t want to do. Women mostly worked in the household, doing chores and housework. They barely had any political and legal rights during that time. Women were basically just by the side of men, they had no power to own their own property, vote, or make contracts. Women were basically seen as someone who improved the social standing of their husband (ushistory.org). For married women, right after they said, “I do”, the husband basically had the power to do anything with his wife. He could even sell, or give them away, while women didn’t even have the right to own their own property. Married women were not allowed to control any property, even if she had owned it before she was married, she couldn’t keep or control the money she earned, or even bring a lawsuit (civilwarwomenblog.com). Before the Civil War, women did not see the biased laws that were against them, and over time, women began to declare that they should have suffrage rights and the freedom of …show more content…
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. She also campaigned for women to have the right to own property, and retain their earnings (susanbanthonyhouse.org). From 1852 to the end of the Civil War, she campaigned by going, door to door in Syracuse trying to get everyone’s vote on women’s suffrage rights. In addition, she campaigned in legislatures and public meetings for women’s rights. Susan B. Anthony never gave up on her fight for women’s suffrage, and never stopped trying to convince others to support a woman’s right to vote (history.com).
After all of her work, Susan B. Anthony was successful in getting women the right to vote. Just a month before she died, Anthony was still an active worker,still fighting for women’s suffrage and attending suffrage conventions. In her last public speech before her death, she closed her speech with, “Failure is impossible” (go.galegroup.com). She believed that a law would pass one day after all she did. In the end, after all of her hard work and dedication,
Ms. Thurtle
English 1AS
November 7, 2014
Susan B. Anthony’s Fight for Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony stood at the door of the voting room, taking a look at the inside of the room. The room was grey, small, there were no windows, and only one way out. The room was full of people concentrating on filling out their ballots. As she walked in, everyone took a moment and looked at her strangely, wondering what a women was doing voting. She had prepared to vote a long time ago and she was to do so. She knew it was not the right thing to do,but she wanted to prove her point. Susan B. Anthony grabbed a ballot, …show more content…
Susan B. Anthony wanted for women to have the right to vote, so she fought for her belief. She wanted to test the women’s legal right to vote, so she voted illegally. Susan B. Anthony successfully fought for women’s suffrage, by campaigning and writing.
During the 1800s, women did not have much freedom, and they did not get to choose what they did or didn’t want to do. Women mostly worked in the household, doing chores and housework. They barely had any political and legal rights during that time. Women were basically just by the side of men, they had no power to own their own property, vote, or make contracts. Women were basically seen as someone who improved the social standing of their husband (ushistory.org). For married women, right after they said, “I do”, the husband basically had the power to do anything with his wife. He could even sell, or give them away, while women didn’t even have the right to own their own property. Married women were not allowed to control any property, even if she had owned it before she was married, she couldn’t keep or control the money she earned, or even bring a lawsuit (civilwarwomenblog.com). Before the Civil War, women did not see the biased laws that were against them, and over time, women began to declare that they should have suffrage rights and the freedom of …show more content…
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. She also campaigned for women to have the right to own property, and retain their earnings (susanbanthonyhouse.org). From 1852 to the end of the Civil War, she campaigned by going, door to door in Syracuse trying to get everyone’s vote on women’s suffrage rights. In addition, she campaigned in legislatures and public meetings for women’s rights. Susan B. Anthony never gave up on her fight for women’s suffrage, and never stopped trying to convince others to support a woman’s right to vote (history.com).
After all of her work, Susan B. Anthony was successful in getting women the right to vote. Just a month before she died, Anthony was still an active worker,still fighting for women’s suffrage and attending suffrage conventions. In her last public speech before her death, she closed her speech with, “Failure is impossible” (go.galegroup.com). She believed that a law would pass one day after all she did. In the end, after all of her hard work and dedication,