In the 1800’s women didn’t have half the rights that they do today. They were not educated, couldn’t own property, and were passive to men. Susan B. Anthony helped lead the women’s suffrage movement and in 1852, dedicated her life to fighting for women’s rights. Without Susan B. Anthony, that women gained after her death wouldn’t have been accomplished for a couple more decades. Understanding the beginning of the movement, the involvement of Susan B. Anthony, and the involvement of others is important in extrapolating how the rights of women have evolved.
The women's rights movement began in 1848, but Anthony didn't become an activist until 1852. In the time period, women were denied access to higher education, property rights if married, no child custody rights, and even their
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Anthony was not the only person involved in the women’s suffrage movement. Because Anthony couldn’t do everything by herself, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was her partner. Stanton helped Anthony a lot with the speeches she made, and since Anthony had a more flexible schedule that Stanton, who had a husband and children, they made the perfect duo (Ann D. Gordon, 2000). Her and Anthony formed the National Woman's Suffrage Association which later merged with the American Woman Suffrage Association to become the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (Nancy A. Hewitt). Lucretia Mott helped Stanton in organizing and hosting the Seneca Falls Convention, Mott’s husband, James Mott, even chaired the event (Constance B. Rynder, 1999). Alice Paul and Lucy Burns formed the Congressional Union when they were dissatisfied with the leadership of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (Weider History, 2014). This union could only do good because, the more people fighting women’s suffrage the better. “Carrie Chapman Cat, NAWSA president from 1900 to 1906 and 1915 to 1920, was Anthony’s hand-picked successor as the driving force of the organization (Weider History,