Susan B. Anthony

By Madison, Howard
  • Susan Brownell Anthony was born.

    Susan Brownell Anthony was born.

    Susan was born on February 15 in Adams, Massachusetts, the second of 7 children.
  • Susan's father takes her out of school.

    Susan's father takes her out of school.

    Susan's father goes into a depression and he took her and her sister, Guelma out of school. While in his depression, the family has to move to Rochester because they lost their house in Battenville.
  • Susan begins teaching.

    Susan begins teaching.

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

    Susan meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

    Susan travels to Syracuse, N.Y for an anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton.In 1851, Stanton started working with Susan B. Anthony, a well-known abolitionist. The two women made a great team.
  • Susan formed the NWSA to help women's rights and suffarge.

    Susan formed the NWSA to help women's rights and suffarge.

    With Julia Ward Howe and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan formed the National Woman's Suffrage Association to educate the public on the unfairness of women's rights and to make better laws to help women vote.
  • Susan is arrested in New York for voting.

    Susan is arrested in New York for voting.

    Anthony is arrested for voting in the front parlor of 7 Madison Street (now 17 Madison) on November 18 and is indicted in Albany. She continues to lecture and attend conventions.
  • Susan B. Anthony makes the first speech at the New York State Nurses' Convention.

    Susan B. Anthony makes the first speech at the New York State Nurses' Convention.

    Anthony delivers the keynote address to the New York State Nurses Convention, advocating for the standardization of training and state registration of nurses. The Nurses Practice Act is passed in 1903. She stated that it was so hard to find practiced nurses with a degree and that was because women found it very hard to get a doctor's degree in college.
  • Susan gives her famous speech at Washington D.C.

    Susan gives her famous speech at Washington D.C.

    Anthony attends suffrage hearings in Washington, D.C., She gives her "Failure is Impossible" speech at her 86th birthday celebration.
  • Anthony dies at her Madison Street home on March 13.

    Anthony dies at her Madison Street home on March 13.

    Susan B. Anthony died at 12:40 o'clock on march 13. The end came peacefully. Susan had been unconscious practically all of the time for more than twenty-four hours, and her death had been almost momentarily expected since last night. Only her wonderful constitution kept her alive.
  • Susan creates "The Revolution"

    Susan creates "The Revolution"

    Together they edited and published a woman's newspaper, the Revolution, from 1868 to 1870.