world of voting as well as many aspects of old traditions. Most viewed as the most influence times in all of history for women of all backgrounds and color. With the country going through so many changes, there were several women during the period of women’s suffrage that grasped women’s attention and allowed everyday girls to look up to. These are the women, who inspired many to dream beyond their imagination, explore and gain a new perspective.
Susan B Antony is best known for collaborating with Stanton and helping begin many well lead women’s organizations. Born as a Quaker in a large family that differed than most typical Quakers, her family allowed her and her siblings equally to think to be knowledgeable with business principles and
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Small acts such as simply wearing bloomer dresses or pantaloons under a knee length dress were seen as controversial. In 1851 when Antony is introduced finally to Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the convention of Seneca Fall Convention where they had, both learned about the controversial talk and support of women’s suffrage. They soon became close friends and formed a strong forming relationship that is vital in becoming the whole in women’s movement. Into their movement both Antony and Straton founded the American Equal Rights Association and began to publish the newspaper The Revolution. (see document) It is with that where they famously stated “Men their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less” and established the aim ‘”justice for all.” Anthony campaigned vigorously for women’s suffrage and many women’s who spoke out for it were arrested, including three of her sisters. That did not stop her pursuit for justice and in 1877 she was able to get petitions from 26 states with 10,000 signatures but instead of congress listening they laughed instead. Despite putting put down she is persistent still and kept appearing in front of congress from 1869 – 1906 with still a hope to ask for the passage of a suffrage