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Born the second child of seven, Susan's father was a quaker who would eventually be disowned by his congregation for his radical social views. Susan was raised from a young age to question the status quo and advocate for equal rights and social causes including anti-slavery legislation, women's suffrage, and temperance which at the time was seen as a women's issue. -
Traveling to Seneca Falls NY for an anti-slavery convention, Susan meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The two would eventually become lifelong friends and partners in advocating for women's rights. Anthony is quoted as saying of Stanton: "I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them." -
Anthony and Stanton publish 'The Revolution' a weekly newspaper that focused on women's rights among other social causes. Though it only lasted two years it had a major impact on the women's right movement during a difficult time. It gave Stanton and Anthony a voice they otherwise would not have had when a divide was developing within the women's movement.
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Susan was arrested for and eventually found guilty of voting eligibly in the November election. Women were prohibited from voting and she violated the prohibition in protest. After her arrest she continued to speak and advocate for a woman's right to vote. -
History.com Editors. (2010, March 9). Susan B. Anthony. History.com. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthony. U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). "Failure is impossible!" the battle for the ballot (U.S. National Park Service). National Parks Service. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/-failure-is-impossible-the-battle-for-the-ballot.htm.
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The National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House. (2013). Her life. The Official Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://susanb.org/her-life/.