Susan B. Anthony

By luisnavarro

  • Susan B. Anthony is born

    Susan Brownell Anthony born on February 15 in Adams, Massachsetts, the second of 7 children.

  • Move to Rochester, New York

    The Anthony family moved to Rochester, New York in 1845. Here, the family began to host abolitionist gatherings, exposing Susan to modern politics and key figures in the abolition movement, including Frederick Douglass.

  • Begins Teaching

    In 1846, Susan B. Anthony took a teaching position at Canajoharie Academy. She earned $110 per year.

  • Begins her Campaign for Women's Rights

    In 1854, Anthony began to petition for women's rights, including rights for married women and women's suffrage. She was refused permission to speak in a number of public venues.

  • Anthony Votes and Is Arrested

    Anthony voted in 1872, and was promptly arrested for her actions. In 1873, the judge ordered the jury to find her guilty and she was fined $100.

  • Becomes Agent for American Anti-Slavery Society

    While Anthony was increasingly interested in women's rights, she continued to work as an abolitionist, taking on an official role for the American Anti-Slavery Society. As an agent, she spoke and publicized the cause. She kept her role for a number of years, conducting an anti-slavery campaign in 1861.

  • The Revolution and Working Women's Groups

    In 1868, Anthony began to publish "The Revolution," a newsletter aimed at women and focusing on issues of women's rights. She also began to work to organize working women. The first Women's Suffrage Convention was held in 1869.

  • Work on Biography

    Susan B. Anthony began work on her autobiography in 1897, working out of a work room in her home. The autobiography was published in 1898.

  • Met with Theodore Roosevelt

    In 1905, Anthony met with Theodore Roosevelt to discuss an amendment for women's suffrage. She attended suffrage hearings in 1906, giving her "Failure Is Impossible" speech not long before her death on March 13, 1906.

  • The 19th Amendment Passes

    Some 14 years after Anthony's death, her life's goal was met. Women gained, by constitutional amendment, the right to vote.