Susan B. Anthony: An Influential Figure In Women's Rights

Susan B, Anthony was a very influential figure in the freedom of women’s rights. She was a multitalented person who had the role of a suffragist, abolitionist, author and speaker who was also the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She was raised in a quaker household and worked as a teacher before she became an abolitionist and an important figure in the women’s voting rights movement. Anthony partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to lead many important meetings about how these women can work together and make the society a better place and encourage the government to give women equal rights. She also created the National Woman Suffrage Association. (NWSA) Anthony

Anthony partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was also a social activist fighting for women’s rights. From 1851, Stanton, and Anthony worked together and did many marvelous things for women. Stanton had duties as a wife and mother which limited much of her travel. Therefore, Anthony was the more visible spokesperson for women’s full legal and social equality. The two women made a fantastic team because while Anthony managed all of the business affairs, Stanton did most of the writing. Together, these two women edited a local newspaper known as the Revolution from 1868 to 1870. These women soon became very famous and an author named Anna Howard Shaw wrote a book about the relationship between Stanton and Anthony. Everyone of that time period did not think what Stanton and Anthony were doing was a good idea. They even made a political cartoon about it which was meant to make fun of the two men. But, the later generations, through history realized that these two ladies were the foremothers of the struggle for women’s

Anthony was not only doing her job as the head of so many different organizations but she also gave many speeches across the world to influence upon them the importance and the strength of American women can do. Without the help of Stanton, Anthony could definitely have not done everything by herself. Soon a few states such as Delaware, Missouri, and Michigan started giving women the right to vote. Anthony wanted to test this out on her own so she went to the voting booth of Rochester, New York and tried to vote. Obviously they did not allow her to vote so she was arrested and asked to pay a fine that she refused to pay. Anthony, got mad and decided to try even harder so every state would comply with allowing women to vote. She started putting in more efforts and tried even harder than before. She soon became very old and died on March 13, 1906. She was happy that she made a change in at least some states if not all. Soon the 19th amendment was passed on August 18, 1920. The amendment was passed just about 14 years after Anthony’s death. The amendment guaranteed women the right to vote. The amendment was only passed because of the culmination of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. This movement was known to all and all knew that the association fought at state and national levels so they could achieve fair vote. Anthony had finally