Susan B. Anthony And The Women's Suffrage Movement

For many years, women in the 1840’s to the 1890’s have been struggling to break the traditional values of women that were put on them by men. Throughout the years, various women stood up and challenged those values. Women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the way to equal rights, and showed America that men were not the only people who were powerful. Susan B. Anthony is known now as one of the most powerful leaders of the Women’s Suffrage movement. In fact, she was such an amazing leader she created and led her own group of women called the National Woman Suffrage Association. She taught women that both men and women should have equal rights. Especially when it came to voting. Susan B Anthony was famous for voting and contending that the 14th amendment gave her the right. Law enforcement9 did not agree with her and she was arrested. During her trial, the judge did not allow her to testify on her own behalf, because she was a woman. He dismissed the jury, ruled her guilty, and fines her one hundred dollars, which was a great deal of money in the late 1800’s. Susan B. Anthony wouldn’t allow it, and refused to pay the fine. She set a huge example to women everywhere.

Susan B. Anthony’s lifelong best friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton also led the group. She organized speeches, petitions, and rallies for the women to join. One of her most famous rallies, was her unprecedented appearance before the New York State Legislature to speak about the Married Women’s Property Law. She even made many other similar appearances in front of the white house. She encouraged other women to stand up for themselves and show how powerful their words really are, and to show that they are not as weak as they are