How Did Susan B Anthony Affect Society

In a time where women were thought to be slaves of men, it was very difficult for women to look for ways to become part of our great nation and to be able to have the right to vote. The journey for women to gain rights was long and hard, which Susan B. Anthony was well aware of when she started her campaign for women’s rights in the mid 1800’s. Susan B. Anthony affected society by making it possible for women to be thought of as real people. She stood up for what she believed in regardless of the consequences. She helped give women a chance to play a role in the development of our nation, and the lives of women all around the world to this very day.

Susan Brownell Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in a small town called Adams, in Massachusetts.

In no time, they were both beginning campaign for women’s rights, which took the rest of their lives to achieve. Soon after forming the Women’s New York State Temperance Society, they both also founded the “New York State Woman’s Rights Committee”. Anthony was a strong believer in the idea that a woman did not need a man to earn all the money and take care of the estate, women were very capable of providing for themselves. The Committee, did just that, it mostly helped women to gain the right to own property and get jobs that paid almost as much as men were

Anthony was a very influential person due to all her accomplishments in the field of women’s rights, and she should be recognized a lot more in society today. People often take their rights for granted nowadays, woman barely had any rights. Women went from not even being able to vote to now being able to run for president. It is crazy how far we have come, and a lot of it has to do with Susan B. Anthony and her standing up for women all over the world. She stood up for what she believed in and helped gain women's rights, even if she did have to face some consequences along the way. People today need to stop taking advantage of everything they have and start remembering all the pain and suffering that had to go into making all these things possible today. People need to be grateful for the freedoms they have. A wise woman once said “Independence is happiness.” -Susan B. Anthony