Susan B Anthony

Susan Brownell Anthony is born

Feb 15, 1820

Anthony attends state convention of Sons of Temperance and is told to "listen and learn," which goes against her Quaker upbringing. She attends her first women's rights convention

May 14, 1852

Beginning of an Era

Aug 8, 1854

Anthony circulates petitions for married women's property rights d woman suffrage. She is refused permission to speak at the Capitol and Smithsonian in Washington. She begins her New York State campaign for woman suffrage in Mayville, Chautauqua County, speaking and traveling alone.

Anthony begins publication of The Revolution and forms Working Women's Associations for women in the publishing and garment trades

Jun 7, 1868

Anthony calls the first Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington D.C.

Oct 13, 1869

Anthony, Stanton, and Matilda Joslin Gage publish Volume I of the History of Woman Suffrage, followed by Volumes II, III and IV in 1882, 1885 and 1902.

Mar 8, 1881

Susan B Anthony Dies at 86

Mar 13, 1906

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, grants the right to vote to all U.S. women over 21.

Aug 18, 1920