Susan B. Anthony

qualified, and a man, who is mediocre, apply for the same job and the women is denied because of her gender, it is unlawful and inhumane. Voting is a constitutional right to everyone, and if someone were to be denied to vote that would be unlawful. Susan B. Anthony made this argument in her 1872 defense against the charges of unlawful voting. She made her defense by using…

Vision, passion, integrity, three qualities of a great leader. Think: Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader; Susan B. Anthony, a women's rights activist; Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain. These are just a few of the world leaders with these amazing qualities. A leader’s vision should be like taking a glimpse into the future. Although Martin Luther King Jr. died at a young age his leadership in the racial civil rights movements will always be a part of history. Kings…

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,…

Susan B. Anthony, a prominent American feminist of the 19th century, voted in a federal election in 1872 -- though women could not legally vote. In peacefully resisting her disenfranchisement, Anthony not only made headlines, but carved a path for women’s suffrage and ultimately, gender equality. While some might argue that Anthony could have engaged in legal endeavors to promote her cause, this alone would not have…

is women's history month. Three examples of powerful women are Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, and Malala. Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less. -Susan B. Anthony This quote by Susan B. Anthony is important because Susan B. Anthony was a believer in the importance of equality between men and women. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She was born in a quaker family. Susan B. Anthony was in the New York State Women's Rights Committee. She…

Susan B. Anthony once asked, "Are you going to cater to the whims and prejudices of people who have no intelligent knowledge of what they condemn?" While the answer is seemingly obvious, few individuals have dared to oppose established laws and stand up for their unorthodox beliefs. Raised in an era in which women lacked many basic rights and were considered inferior to men, Susan B. Anthony challenged America’s deeply ingrained social norms of male dominance and advocated for major reform. On…

Susan B. Anthony was an avid fighter for the rights of women during a time period where she could have been ridiculed for this. During Miss Anthony 's speech “The Power of the Ballot” she said, “I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.” To end her speech, Susan used that quote to challenge the social ideas of the audience that women are people. This was not the only speech in which she challenged…

Today, we take women's suffrage for granted, but back in the 1800's and 1900's it was a big deal. People like Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought their whole lives for the vote, but they never lived to see it happen. The two made petitions and stood up for what they believed in, and now women today can thank them for helping them get the right to vote. The fight for women's suffrage began in the early decades before the Civil War. Women were outraged over the fact that men…

calling of female equality. Elizabeth was born on the 12th of November in 1815. She grew up and was born in Johnstown, New York. Stanton was not only an activist but an abolitionist and a great writer as well as an editor. She worked closely with Susan B. Anthony who was a feminist and an american social reformer. Stanton was the president for the National Women Suffrage Association. Stanton was a part of this association for twenty years. Stanton graduated from the Emma Willard’s Troy Female…

In the website New York times the article “ Voters Gather at Susan B. Anthony’s Grave in Rochester was published November 8 2016 and it was writing by Sarah Maslin NIR Susan B. Anthony is the most important key people in this article. The main idea of this article is that in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., up a low hill there is the grave of Susan B. Anthony a leader of the movement for women’s suffrage who lived about three miles away. On Tuesday a line of hundreds of people who came…