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    Susan B. Anthony's Grave

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    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…

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    knowledge. The NWSA became the largest and most influential suffrage organization in the United States. Susan B. Anthony was the dominant figure of the organization from the year of its foundation to 1900. Susan B. Anthony worked hard to give women the right to vote. on the elections of 1872, she exercised her citizen right to vote but was sent to trial on 1873, for voting illegally. Before her trial Susan B. Anthony gave a speech that said: Friends…

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    Delaney Hybl AP Language and Composition Mr. Anderson 5/4/17 Susan B. Anthony and the Suffrage Movement The Women’s Suffrage Movement was one of the most important in history, shaping American politics for decades to come. As one of the pioneering leaders of the movement, Susan B. Antony’s life was dedicated to improving “the political, economic, and human rights of women throughout the United States” (Gale). During the Civil War, women’s rights took a second place to abolition which most…

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    “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. In the newspaper it reports, that Anthony fought for women's suffrage, Temperance, and Abolition. Women back in the day’s didn’t had the rights to speak up for themselves…

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    Susan B. Anthony Report Susan had attempted an anti-slavery conference. She was involved in the temperance movement, that limited or stopped the production and the sale of alcohol. Elizabeth Cady Canton and Susan had soon formed the New York State Women’s Right committee. Susan then started to work on women rights. She had helped with the establishment of the American Equal Rights Association. Susan got inspired to fight for the women’s right. She was denied the chance to speak at a convention,…

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    Susan B Anthony was born February 15,1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Growing up, she was the second oldest of eight children, she was raised in a Quaker household and they also spent most of their time on social causes. In 1826, she attended a Quaker school, however after having to return home due to family issues. Once she returned home, she begins to teach in the mid to late 80’s. What she was recognized for are as follow; journalist civil rights activist, and a woman rights activist, she…

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    in the 1840s and 1850s; these years were the most significant in relation to these movements. Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were prominent figures in these movements. Stanton was an eloquent strategist, orator, philosopher, and publicist of the women’s rights movement. She worked hard to end discrimination against women alongside Susan B. Anthony. As a result, Stanton was the prime mover behind the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights in 1848. Later on, Stanton…

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    In 1872, after being arrested for voting in the presidential election two weeks earlier, Susan B. Anthony delivers a speech where she defends her previous actions and argues for women’s right to vote in the United States. Susan B. Anthony emphasizes on an appeal to ethos in her speech, “On Women’s Right to Vote,” in order to create credibility and efficacy in her claims. Prior to the events leading up to her speech, Anthony already built a reputation for being a strong advocate of both the…

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    Susan G. Komen, like many women, fought breast cancer. She fought with everything she had, but she didn’t spend much time worrying about herself and her situation. Instead, she wanted to help the other women going through the same battle. Inspired by Susan’s compassion and want to help others, her sister, Nancy G. Brinker, started an organization in her honor. Susan’s dedication made me wonder what the organization was about. I did some research and found out what the organization does, what the…

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    The Susan G. Komen Foundation, famous for raising money for breast cancer research, has a slightly darker side that your average person probably does not know about. Each year, around one million dollars in legal fees are spent because the Komen foundation vehemently…

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