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Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts
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Her family was very active in the anti- slavery movement. Anti slavery quakers met at their farm almost every Sunday.
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After teaching for 15 years she became active in temperance, but since she was a woman she was not allowed to speak at temperance rallies.She became friends with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and this led her to join the women's rights movement.
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At the state teachers convention she calls for women to be admitted into better proffessions and recieve better pay. Also for women to be able to have commitee positions and a say at the convention.
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With Elizabeth Staton they founded the society to reach their goal of getting the State legislature to pass a law limitting the sale of liquer.
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She becomes an agent for anti slavery arranging meetings, making speeches, putting up posters, and distributing pamphlets. She encountered hostile mobs, armed threats and tings being thrown at her.
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Largely as a result of her efforts, the law was passed allowing married women to own property, keep their own wages, and have custody of their children.
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Susan B. ANthony and Elizabeth Stanton organized a Women's National Loyal League to support and petition for the Thirteenth amendment outlawing slavery. They campaigned for the full citizinship of people of any race, including the right to vote
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Anthony continued to campaign for equal rights for all and attacked them in her newspaper The Revolution.
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Anthony's newspaper is first published. It advocated for a 8 hour work day and equal pay for equal work. It encouraged immigration to rebuild the south and help settle the country.
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The association drew up reports on working conditions and provided educational opportunities for woking women.
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Served on the board of trustees for Rochester's state industrial school. She campaigned for the coeducation and equal treatment and opportunity for boys and girls
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Anthony raised $50,000 in pledges to ensure that women would be admitted into the univesity of Rochester. In a last minute effort to meet the deadline she put up the cash value of her life insurance policy.
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"Susan B. Anthony House." :: Her Story. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
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Susan B Anthony dies in her home
