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Birth of Susan Brownwell Anthony
Susan Brownwell Anthony was born on this day in Adams, MA. She was born into a Quaker family, which would help her become what she was in later in life. -
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The Life of Susan B. Anthony
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Susan Starts to Work in the Temperance Movement
Susan's first works were in temperance movements. Back in the 1930s drinking was a big problem and many people started the temperance movement to help people stop. -
Meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan finally meets Elizabeth after hearing about her from her parents, who went to one of her conventions. The two met at one of Elizabeth's meetings in Syracuse, NY. Once the two met they became friends and worked together. -
Working Together - Susan, Elizabeth, & Lucy Stone
These three women met together to speak about women's rights. They planned to talk about divorce laws, property rights, education, and wages. -
Registering to Vote
Susan B. Anthony registered on this day to vote. This was a presidential election and the men there had allowed her to vote. She did contact a lawyer to make sure someone did back her up and understood what she was doing was legal. After Susan was arrested for voting 'illegally' she faced going to court, and was then pronounced guilty of voting illegally. She was fined 100 dollars, she said she would never pay it and she never did. -
The National American Woman Suffrage Association
After the split of an organization, Susan B. Anthony's organziation and Lucy Stone's organization came back together to form the National American Woman Sufffrage Association (NAWSA). Now united as one and with more younger woman, this was when everything started to go better for women's suffrage. -
Death of Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony worked hard all her life. She did so much to encourage people to fight for women's rights, and help gain some. For this Susan was truely an important role in the women's rights movement.