Susan B. Anthony Case

Susan B. Anthony's life was hard work because she dedicated her life to fight for what she wanted and the one thing she fought for the hardest didn't happen until after she was dead. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. A cotton mill owner and her mother raised her. She was the second oldest of eight kids and only 6 of them got to see their adulthood. Their farm was a meeting place for abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass. Susan was sent to study at a Quaker school, but later moved back with her family because they had lost their house since a financial depression in the U.S. was taking place and became a teacher. In the 1840s her family moved to Rochester, NY and got involved in the abolitionist movement. Their farm there was a meeting place for abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass. She was Head of the girls' department at Canajoharie Academy for 2 years. She worked as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Committee. ("Susan B. Anthony," About.com) In her later life she began writing "History of Women Suffrage" in five volumes. She spent the rest of her life working for the federal suffrage movement. ("Susan B. Anthony," susanbanthony.net) Susan B. Anthony positively influenced the United States socially and with legal reforms, as reflected in the literature of the 19th century.

Susan B. Anthony had a positive influence on the United States socially. She spent most of her time on social issues. She created her own newspaper called "The Revolution". The newspaper brought Anthony in contact with women in New York in printing and sewing industries, which got her more support. ("Susan B. Anthony," Biography.com) She convinced the committee on female labor to vote for women and equal pay, but them men at the conference just ignored the vote. ("Susan B. Anthony and Her Effect on America," teenink.com) She was denied the chance to speak at a temperance movement because she was a woman and then realized women wouldn't be taken seriously until they had the right to vote and showed they were equal to men. One of Susan B. Anthony's famous quotes is " Men, their rights, and nothing more; Women, their rights, and nothing less". ("Susan B. Anthony," Biography.com) This made her call special meetings where women could speak freely to the public. Then she started to give speeches around the world and talk to people about the fight for women's suffrage. ("Susan B. Anthony," Biography.com) She gave about 75 to 100 speeches a year through her life. ("Failure Is Impossible," tcuwomensnetwork.com) She also made petitions for women's right to vote. ("Susan B. Anthony," Biography.com) She met with President Theodore Roosevelt about submitting a suffrage amendment to Congress. She went before Congress to talk to them and get support for Women's Suffrage Amendment.