Susan B Anthony Impact On Society

“Until woman has obtained ‘that right protective of all other rights -- the ballot,’ this agitation must still go on, absorbing the time and the energy of our best and strongest,” wrote Susan B. Anthony as she fought to equalize the rights of different genders. Susan B. Anthony is a woman known for her many accomplishments in her life. She has influenced both abolitionists and suffragists, as well as those who wanted to protect children. Daring and bold, Susan B. Anthony created a lasting impact to women and slaves alike. From her early life, Anthony was exposed to more knowledge and learning capabilities than most other women in her time period. Susan B. Anthony was able to understand problems in humanity due to her early exposure of knowledge,

As a result of being educated as a child Anthony was able to understand the need for equality for slaves. This meeting prompted many of the ideas in her intelligent mind and motivated her to begin campaigning for African American rights. She was inspired and began working as a publicist and organizer for the abolitionists. Anthony boldly ignored the mocking and scornful words hurled at her because she was a women and kept holding her head up high and speaking up for what she believed. “Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform” (Anthony [1]). Susan B. Anthony expressed that she knew enough of the human mindset from her education to understand that one must take risks in order to achieve something big. Anthony also said this because she saw error in the ways of humanity. This is revealed by the use of the word ‘reputation’ which is a mindset by a single person that holds them back and prevents them from making the world a better place. Additionally she was able to protect what she believed in and created a point of view at a young

Anthony realized and believed that women should have equal rights as a result to her early exposure to knowledge. After participating for 6 years to help free enslaved African Americans, Anthony went to a convention at Seneca Falls in 1851. During this convention, “[Anthony] began to notice their own unequal status as women in the eyes of the government and society”(McGill [2]) After fighting for the freedom of slaves for 6 years, Anthony began realizing that women were being treated unequally whether they were a slave or not. At Seneca Falls she was introduced to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and together they began working to get the government to provide equal rights for men and women. Anthony was inspired to protect the rights of women partially due to her own experience. As a child, Anthony was limited from attending many schools, and was one of the few women to even receive an education. Anthony and Stanton worked together creating both petitions and literary works. They also created a group called National American Woman Suffrage Association with Anthony in charge. This group participated in marches, petitions, and strikes for women equality. It contained over 7,000 members. Because of her early education, Susan B. Anthony was able to identify the injustices imposed on women and began campaigning against