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    that quote Susan B. Anthony is declaring that any woman has as much right than any man to vote. Anthony was born on February 15,1820 in Massachusetts. Anthonys family were Quakers, that means they are religious and Anthony was the second of seven children in her family. Anthony went to a public school until she was seven, and her teacher refused to teach her long division. But did any of that stop Susan B. Anthony, no she was persistent and cept going. This is a story of how Susan B. Anthony…

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    not fought for? Well, it would be much worse. Luckily, Susan B. Anthony fought for these rights. She is a hero! It was a cold night on February 15, 1820 that Susan was born. Her parents were Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Her family was a Quaker family, which believed women are equal to men and learning is necessary. She could read and write at the age of three. At the age of six, their family moved to Battenville, New York. As a woman, Susan B. was not allowed speak in public at a convention…

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    history as one of the greatest, most influential people in America. Susan B. Anthony was among the women with great ambition and fire to see change in the world around her. She believed all people, gender or race, should have rights. Anthony wanted all of America to feel equal and empowered to work together to fight for the common good. She was a suffragist and abolitionist who wanted women to feel as important as men. Susan B. Anthony was born 1820 in Massachusetts to parents Daniel and Lucy.…

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    Susan B. Anthony:Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony, she changed our world so much. She gave women more rights, and was in an anti-slavery group in which is where she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Bio.com). Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. She was part of a Quaker family which meant she spent most of her time on social causes. She was the second oldest out of all her brothers and sisters. She had eight siblings, and her father was a local cotton mill…

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    Susan B. Anthony was born in the bleak winter of 1820. She was brought up in her family as a Quaker, who believed in equality for men and women. She was able to develop a feminist sense of morals and justice through the Religious Society of Friends. Because Anthony’s father was a sixth generation Quaker, she had the privilege of education. She attended a private boarding school in Philadelphia. Anthony’s family was greatly involved in the Society. Some of the people that influenced her most…

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    Susan Brownell Anthony, a Quaker woman, was a compelling woman who opposed the inequality, so women can vote and get an equal education. She persevered in what she believed in, no matter what, even when everyone told her she was wrong. She even had a Quaker man propose marriage to her just so she would stop fighting back. Fortunately, she declined his offer and continued her work on women’s basic human rights. She has been arrested, fined, and she was sick, but she kept fighting. Susan B.…

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    Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, and she was raised in a Quaker household. She spent a lot of time working on social issues. She was the second oldest children of eight children. Her father is a local cotton mill owner. But out of those eight children, only six of them lived to be adults. In 1826, they moved to Battenville, New York. At this time, Susan was sent to study at a Quaker school near Philadelphia. But returned home because her father failed at doing business. At home,…

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    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 fought sixty years for women to have freedom of speech and the right to vote. She was miss treaty and fined many…

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    Susan B. Anthony and Women’s Rights. What would you do if you were a woman in the 1800’s and your rights were taken from you? Would getting arrested like Susan B Anthony be worth it? Any female in this day and age definitely would (Ohrenschall). Anthony would be very proud, us women have come a long way since the 1800’s, and it is all because of her act on civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is when a protestor/protestors break a law, objecting and protesting (Suber). The purpose of civil…

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    women to make a difference is something Susan B. Anthony was able to accomplish. A few ways that Anthony played a big role to the women's rights movement is that she fought for female rights, overcame female stereotypes, and fought for female rights her entire life. Susan B. Anthony was always determined to fight for female rights, and she never gave up. First, she believed and fought for the fact that women should have the same opportunities as men. Anthony stated, “Do you not see so long as…

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